Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba

Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Location
Country	Cuba
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Santiago de Cuba
Metropolitan	Santiago de Cuba
Statistics
Area	6,043 km^2 (2,333 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,050,000 255,500 (24.3%)
Parishes	16
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1518
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Dionisio García Ibáñez

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.^[1][2]

The diocese's name was changed to the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville in Spain until 12 February 1546 when it became a suffragan of the Diocese of Santo Domingo (now Archdiocese of Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic. In 1803, the see was elevated to an archdiocese. The archdiocese is the home of the Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre.

Ordinaries

1. Juan de Witte Hoos, O.P. (1517–1525) Resigned^[3]
2. Sebastián de Salamanca (1525–1526) Died
3. Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca, O.P. (1530–1534) Died
4. Diego de Sarmiento, O. Cart. (1535–1544) Resigned
5. Fernando de Uranga (1550–1556) Died
6. Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. (1561–1564) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala^[4]
7. Juan del Castillo (bishop) (1564–1578) Resigned
8. Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. (1580–1597) Appointed, Bishop of Nicaragua^[5]
9. Bartolomé de la Plaza, O.F.M. (1597–1602) Died
10. Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (1602–1610) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala^[6]
11. Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, O. de M. (1610–1624) Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán
12. Gregorio de Alarcón, O.S.A. (1623–1624) Died
13. Leonel de Cervantes y Carvajal (1625–1629) Appointed, Bishop of Guadalajara
14. Jerónimo Manrique de Lara y de Herrera, O. de M. (1629–1644) Died
15. Martín de Zelaya y Oláriz (1645–1649) Resigned
16. Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz (1649–1653) Died
17. Juan de Montiel (1655–1657) Died
18. Pedro de Reina Maldonado (1659–1660) Died
19. Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1661–1668) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
20. Alonso Bernardo de Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. (1668–1671) Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)
21. Gabriel Díaz Vara Calderón (1671–1676) Died
22. Juan Antonio García de Palacios (1677–1682) Died
23. Baltasar de Figueroa, O. Cist. (1683–1684) Died
24. Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela (1685–1704) Died
25. Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés, O.S.Bas. (1705–1729) Died
26. Francisco de Izarregui (1730) Resigned
27. Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo, O.S.A. (1730–1731) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
28. José Laso de la Vega y Cansino, O.F.M. (1731–1752) Died
29. Pedro Agustín Morell de Santa Cruz y Lora (1753–1768) Died
30. Santiago José Echaverría Nieto de Osorio y Elguera (1770–1788) Appointed, Bishop of Tlaxcala)
31. Antonio Feliú y Centena (1789–1791) Died
32. Joaquín de Osés y Alzúa y Caparacio (1792–1823) Died
33. Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo y Valle (1824–1831) Died
34. Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. (1831–1849) Died
35. St. Antonio María Claret y Clará, C.M.F. (1850–1859) Died
36. Manuel María Negueruela Mendi (1859–1861) Died
37. Primo Calvo y López (1861–1868) Died
38. José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (1875–1889) Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
39. José María Cos y Macho (1889–1892) Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Madrid
40. Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. (1894–1899) Resigned
41. Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar (1899–1913) Died
42. Felix Ambrosio Guerra, S.D.B. (1915–1925) Resigned
43. Valentín de la Asunción Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (1925–1948) Died
44. Enrique Pérez Serantes (1948–1968) Died
45. Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu (1970–2007) Retired
46. Dionisio García Ibáñez (2007–present)

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1787		Diocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana
1912		Diocese of Camagüey
1979		Diocese of Holguín
1995		Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo
1998		Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa

The see also gained territory in 1527 with the suppression of the Diocese of Concepción de la Vega.

External links and references

1. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 19, 2016
2. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 19, 2016
3. "Bishop Juan de Witte Hoos (Ubite), O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
4. "Bishop Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
5. "Bishop Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
6. "Bishop Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

• "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
• Havana puts on New Face for Pope by Phillip True, Express News, January 21, 1998

Coordinates: 20°01′16″N 75°49′46″W / 20.0210°N 75.8295°W