Diocese of Matanzas, Cuba 🇨🇺

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Matanzas / Matanzen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: La Habana

Neighbouring Dioceses: La Habana (←), Miami (↑), Santa Clara (→), Cienfuegos (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1912.12.10: Established as Diocese of Matanzas / Matanzen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of La Habana and became suffragan of Santiago)
1925.01.06: Became suffragan of La Habana

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.04.07 – ...):

Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz (65)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Ordinaries

Bishops of Matanzas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz (65)
(2022.04.07 – ...)

Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba)
Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba

Apacienta mis ovejas

Born:	1960.11.14 (Camagüey, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1989.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.09.30

Priest of Camagüey (Cuba) (1989.08.05 – 2017.07.08)

Bishop of Ciego de Ávila (Cuba) (2017.07.08 – 2022.04.07)

Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba) (2022.04.07 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (2024.11.07 – ...)

Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.03.22 – 2022.04.07)

Bishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes García-Menocal
(2005.05.07 – 2022.03.22)

Born:	1944.03.11 (San Cristóbal de La Habana, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1972.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.06.04
Died:	2025.03.26 (Matanzas, Cuba † 81)

Priest of Pinar del Río (Cuba) (1972.05.21 – 2005.05.07)

Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba) (2005.05.07 – 2022.03.22)

Bishop Mariano Vivanco Valiente
(1987.05.18 – 2004.08.23)

Born:	1933.04.03 (San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1961.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.06.29
Died:	2004.08.23 († 71)

Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba) (1987.05.18 – 2004.08.23)

Bishop José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez
(1961.07.18 – 1986.12.11)

Born:	1915.05.29 (La Habana, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.15
Died:	1986.12.11 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Cæciri (1960.03.31 – 1961.07.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1960.03.31 – 1961.07.18)

Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba) (1961.07.18 – 1986.12.11)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cuba (1973 – 1976)

Bishop Alberto Martín y Villaverde
(1938.05.14 – 1960.11.03)

Born:	1904.05.02 (La Habana, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1927.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.07.03
Died:	1960.11.03 († 56)

Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba) (1938.05.14 – 1960.11.03)

Bishop Severiano Sainz y Bencamo
(1915.02.11 – 1937.03.14)

Born:	1871.11.07 (San Juan y Martínez, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1898.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.05.03
Died:	1937.03.14 († 65)

Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba) (1915.02.11 – 1937.03.14)

Bishop Charles Warren Currier
(1913.04.26 – 1914.02.11)

Born:	1857.03.22 (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Ordained Priest:	1880.11.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.07.06
Died:	1918.09.23 (USA † 61)

Bishop of Matanzas (Cuba) (1913.04.26 – 1914.02.11)

Titular Bishop of Etalonia (1915.06.16 – 1918.09.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Carlos de Borromeo, Matanzas, Matanzas

La Habana (←), Miami (↑), Santa Clara (→), Cienfuegos (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,964 km²

Population: 400,000 Catholics (56.7% of 705,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 20 missions

Personnel: 18 priests (15 diocesan, 3 religious), 4 deacons, 57 religious (3 brothers, 54 sisters), 7 seminarians