Archdiocese of Camagüey

Archdiocese of Camagüey Archidioecesis Camagueyensis
Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria
Location
Country	Cuba
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Camagüey
Metropolitan	Camagüey
Statistics
Area	18,671 km2 (7,209 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2006) 861,372 544,000 (63.2%)
Parishes	14
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10 December 1912 (113 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Juan García-Rodríguez
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camagüey (erected 1912 as the Diocese of Camagüey, elevated 1998) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos and Santa Clara.

Ordinaries

• Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, OCD (1914–1922), appointed Bishop of Cienfuegos
• Enrique Pérez-Serantes (1922–1948), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
• Carlos Riu-Anglés (1948–1964)
• Adolfo Rodríguez-Herrera (1964–2002)
• Juan García-Rodríguez (2002–2016), appointed Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana; elevated to Cardinal in 2019
• Wilfredo Pino Estévez (2016–)

Auxiliary bishops

• Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera (1963–1964), appointed Bishop here
• Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega (1991–1996), appointed Bishop of Ciego de Ávila
• Juan García-Rodríguez (1997–2002), appointed Archbishop here; future Cardinal

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca, appointed Bishop of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo in 2007
• Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz, appointed Bishop of Ciego de Ávila in 2017

References

See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Cuba