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(Redirected from Diocese of Santa Clara) Roman Catholic diocese in Cuba
Diocese of Santa Clara
Dioecesis Centumfocencis
Catedral de Santa Clara de Asís
Location
CountryCuba
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Camagüey
MetropolitanSanta Clara, Cuba
Statistics
Area12,754 km (4,924 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,176,219
518,935 (44.1%)
Parishes2234
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established1 April 1995 (29 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. Clare of Assisi
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMarcelo Arturo González Amador
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The Diocese of Santa Clara is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Cuba. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Camagüey. Originally erected as part of the Diocese of Cienfuegos in 1903, the parent diocese was renamed to the Diocese of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara in 1971. Finally in 1995 the parent diocese was split to form the Diocese of Cienfuegos and the Diocese of Santa Clara.

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22°24′22″N 79°58′05″W / 22.4062°N 79.9680°W / 22.4062; -79.9680


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