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Diocese of Cienfuegos is a suffragan diocese of the
Archdiocese of Camagüey
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
. The original Diocese of Cienfuegos was erected in 1903 and renamed as the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971. That diocese was split in 1995 to form the Dioceses of Cienfuegos and
Santa Clara.
Bishops
Ordinaries
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Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz, O.C.D. (1904 - 1916)
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Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (1922 - 1925), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
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Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. (1935 - 1961)
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Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín (1961 - 1971)
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Fernando Ramon Prego Casal
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(1971 - 1995)
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Emilio Aranguren Echeverria (1995 - 2005)
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Domingo Oropesa Lorente (since 2007)
Auxiliary bishops
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Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández
Francisco Ricardo Oves-Fernandez (October 4, 1928 in Camagüey, Cuba – December 4, 1990 in El Paso, Texas, US) was the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Havana.
He studied in the Seminary of San Basilio Magno, El Cobre, Oriente, Cuba. He ...
(1969-1970), appointed Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
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Fernando Ramon Prego Casal
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(1969-1970), appointed Bishop here
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Emilio Aranguren Echeverria (1991-1995), appointed Bishop here
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
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Marcelo Arturo González Amador
Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to:
* Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...
, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Clara in 1998
External links and references
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Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos
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Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Camagüey
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