Catholic Church in Cuba (original) (raw)

Also known as: Kuba (Deutsch, polski), Cuba (español, français, Italiano, Português, latine), 古巴 (正體中文), キューバ (日本語)

By Type (11)

By Rite

Roman Rite (11): Bayamo y Manzanillo, Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Cienfuegos, Guantánamo–Baracoa, Holguín, La Habana, Matanzas, Pinar del Río, Santa Clara, Santiago

by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Celebrations

Documents and Celebrations

Papal Visits

• 2016.02.12: Meeting with the Patriarch of Moscow at La Habana, Cuba
• 2015.09.19 – 2015.09.22: Apostolic Journey to Cuba
• 2012.03.26 – 2012.03.28: Apostolic Journey to Cuba
• 1998.01.21 – 1998.01.26: Apostolic Journey to Cuba

Geography

Cultural Summary

Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria

Languages: Spanish (official)

Ethnic Groups: white 64.1%, mulatto or mixed 26.6%, black 9.3%

Motto: Patria o muerte (Spanish) (Homeland or death)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 110,861 km²

Catholic Population: 6,688,000 Catholics (60.0% of 11,147,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 299 parishes, 1,603 mission stations (without resident priest), 494 other centres

Clergy: 16 bishops (11 diocesan, 5 titular), 320 priests (185 diocesan, 135 religious), 89 permanent deacons (87 diocesan, 2 religious)

Non-Clergy: 530 religious (30 brothers, 500 sisters), 30 members of secular institutes (4 brothers, 26 sisters), 60 major seminarians, 1,860 missionaries, 2,691 catechists