Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camagüey
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Archdiocese of Camagüey (erected 1912 as the Diocese of Camagüey, elevated 1998) is a
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, 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

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Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera Adolfo may refer to: * Adolfo, São Paulo, a Brazilian municipality * Adolfo (designer), Cuban-born American fashion designer * Adolfo or Adolf Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in Ge ...
(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

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