The episcopate is the Cuban Conference of Catholic Bishops of
Cuba
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Spanish
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: Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Cuba, COCC).
The COCC is a member of the Latin American Episcopal Conference.
List of presidents of the Bishops' Conference:
1958 - 1963:
Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt
Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt (December 28, 1879 – March 20, 1963) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Havana from 1941 to 1963. He raised to the rank of cardinal in 1946.
Biography
He was born in Camagüey, ...
, archbishop of
San Cristobal de la Habana
1963 - 1970:
Evelio Diaz y Cia, archbishop of
San Cristobal de la Habana
1970 - 1973:
Francisco Oves Ricardo Fernandez, Archbishop of
San Cristobal de la Habana
1973 - 1976:
Jose Eusebio Maximino y Domínguez Rodríguez, Bishop of
Matanzas
Matanzas (Cuban ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish ''Bahia de Matanzas''), east ...
1976 - 1979:
Francisco Oves Ricardo Fernandez, Archbishop of
San Cristobal de la Habana
1979 - 1982:
Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu, archbishop of
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana.
The municipality extends over , and contains ...
1982 - 1988:
Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera, archbishop of
Camagüey
Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 321,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.
It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by ...
1988 - 1998:
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (18 October 1936 – 26 July 2019) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the second Cuban to hold tha ...
, archbishop of
San Cristobal de la Habana
1998 - 2001:
Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera, archbishop of
Camagüey
Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 321,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.
It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by ...
2001 - 2007:
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (18 October 1936 – 26 July 2019) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the second Cuban to hold tha ...
, archbishop of
San Cristobal de la Habana
2007 - 2010:
Juan García Rodríguez
de la Caridad García Rodríguez (born 11 July 1948) is a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Havana since 26 April 2016. He previously served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey from 1997 to 2002 and then as ...
, archbishop of
Camagüey
Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 321,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.
It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by ...
2010 - ... :
Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez, archbishop of
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana.
The municipality extends over , and contains ...
See also
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Catholic Church in Cuba
The Catholic Church in Cuba is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholics make up approximately half of the population of Cuba.
History
Catholicism has historically been the majority relig ...
References
External links
* http://www.iglesiacubana.org/
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribb ...
Catholic Church in Cuba
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