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20°08′36″N 75°12′12″W / 20.1434°N 75.2034°W / 20.1434; -75.2034
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Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa

Dioecesis Guantanamensis-Baracoensis
Catedral Santa Catalina de Ricci
Location
Country  Cuba
Ecclesiastical province Province of Santiago de Cuba
Metropolitan Guantánamo
Statistics
Area6,565 km2 (2,535 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
511,156
185,218 (36.2%)
Parishes7
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established24 January 1998 (26 years ago)
Cathedral St. Catherine of Ricci Cathedral
Co-cathedral Our Lady of the Assumption Co-Cathedral, Baracoa
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Silvano Herminio Pedroso Montalvo
Website
www.guantanamo.org

The Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa is a particular church of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, encompassing the municipality of Baracoa and the surrounding Guantánamo Province in Cuba. It was erected 24 January 1998 from the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba, to which it suffragan.

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External links and references

  • Diocesis de Guantanamo Baracoa official site (in Spanish)
  • "Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
Concathedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

20°08′36″N 75°12′12″W / 20.1434°N 75.2034°W / 20.1434; -75.2034