The Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa is a

particular church In metaphysics, particulars or individuals are usually contrasted with universals. Universals concern features that can be exemplified by various different particulars. Particulars are often seen as concrete, spatiotemporal entities as opposed to a ...

of the

Latin Church , native_name_lang = la , image = San Giovanni in Laterano - Rome.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , alt = Façade of the Archbasilica of St. John in Lateran , caption = Archbasilica of Saint Joh ...

of the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, encompassing the municipality of

Baracoa Baracoa, whose full original name is: ''Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa'' (“Our Lady of the Assumption of Baracoa”), is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. It was visited by Admiral Christop ...

and the surrounding

Guantánamo Province Guantánamo is the easternmost province of Cuba. Its capital is also called Guantánamo. Other towns include Baracoa. The province has the only land border of the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay. Overview Guantánamo's architecture and cultu ...

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 Caribbea ...

. It was erected 24 January 1998 from the

Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba, links=no) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and S ...

, to which it suffragan.

Ordinaries

* Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés (1998 - 2006) - Bishop Emeritus * Wilfredo Pino Estévez (2006 - 2016), appointed Archbishop of Camagüey * Silvano Herminio Pedroso Montalvo (2018 -

External links and references

Diocesis de Guantanamo Baracoa
''official site (in Spanish)'' * Baracoa 5703

Guantanamo-Baracoa Guantánamo-Baracoa Guantánamo-Baracoa Baracoa Guantánamo Province Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Santiago de Cuba {{RC-diocese-stub