The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana ( la, Archidioecesis Avanensis) is one of three Catholic

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History

This Latin Rite or

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diocese was erected on 10 September 1787 by

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, from the territory of the then–

Diocese of Santiago de Cuba The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba, links=no) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Sa ...

. When it was erected, the new diocese encompassed the secular provinces of Santa Clara,

Matanzas Matanzas (Cuban ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish ''Bahia de Matanzas''), east ...

, Havana, and

Pinar del Río Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 139,336 (2004) in a municipality of 190,332, it is the List of cities in Cuba, 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños'' ...

in Cuba and Florida and Louisiana in what is now the United States of America. On 25 April 1793 the diocese lost territory for what would be the first of four territorial losses when the

Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans ( la, Archidioecesis Novae Aureliae, french: Archidiocèse de la Nouvelle-Orléans, es, Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleans) is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church spanning Jefferson ...

(Saint Louis of New Orleans) was erected. The diocese again lost territory on 20 February 1903 when the dioceses of Pinar del Río and

Cienfuegos Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150,000. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especial ...

were erected, and then again on 10 December 1912 upon the erection of the diocese of Matanzas. Eventually the diocese was elevated to the Metropolitan See of ''Sancti Christophori de Habana'', San Cristobal de la Habana on 6 January 1925. Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal

Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (18 October 1936 – 26 July 2019) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the second Cuban to hold tha ...

as Archbishop of Havana on 26 April 2016. The Archdiocese had one auxiliary bishop, Bishop Juan de Dios Hernández-Ruiz, S.J. at the beginning of 2019, in which year he was appointed Bishop of Pinar del Rio. The Archdiocese encompasses and has two

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dioceses, Matanzas and Pinar del Río. According to a 2004 estimate there were a total of 3.9 million people living within the confines of the diocese, 71.8% or 2.8 million of whom were Roman Catholic. There were 49 diocesan priests and 62 religious priests, totaling 111 priests serving the faithful of the diocese. With these figures, there were approximately 25,225 Catholics per priest. There were 23

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s and 79 men-religious and 348 women-religious. In 2004, there were 102 established parishes.

Ordinaries of San Cristobal de la Habana

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† (30 March 1789 Appointed – 16 September 1799 Died) *

Juan José Díaz de Espada y Fernánez de Landa ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, ...

† (11 August 1800 Appointed – 12 August 1832 Died) *

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† (14 January 1846 Appointed – 22 September 1864 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona) * Jacinto Maria Martínez y Sáez, O.F.M. Cap. † (27 March 1865 Appointed – 31 October 1873 Died) * Apolinar Serrano y Díaz † (23 September 1875 Appointed – 15 June 1876 Died) *

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† (4 September 1879 Appointed – 17 March 1887 Appointed,

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) * Manuel Santander y Frutos † (17 March 1887 Appointed – 24 November 1899 Resigned) *

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† (9 January 1900 Appointed – 16 September 1901 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Gortyna) * Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada † (16 September 1903 Appointed – 3 January 1925 Resigned) *

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† (30 March 1925 Appointed – 3 January 1940 Died) * Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt † (28 December 1941 Appointed – 20 March 1963 Died); elevated to Cardinal in 1946 * Evelio Diaz-Cia † (21 March 1963 Succeeded – 26 January 1970 Resigned) *

Francisco Ricardo Oves-Fernandez Francisco Ricardo Oves-Fernandez (October 4, 1928 in Camagüey, Cuba – December 4, 1990 in El Paso, Texas, US) was the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Havana. He studied in the Seminary of San Basilio Magno, El Cobre, Cuba, El Cobre, Oriente ...

† (26 January 1970 Appointed – 28 March 1981 Resigned) *

† (21 November 1981 Appointed – 26 April 2016 Resigned); elevated to Cardinal in 1994 *

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(26 April 2016 Appointed - ); elevated to Cardinal in 2019

Affiliated and Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese

* Fernando Azcárate y Freyre de Andrade, S.J. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 March 1964 to 26 January 1970) * Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 November 1991 to 24 January 1998) * Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar † (Priest: 11 April 1858 to 2 June 1899) * Eduardo Tomas Boza-Masvidal † (Priest: 28 February 1944; Auxiliary Bishop: 31 March 1960 to 21 March 1963) *

Bonaventure Broderick Bonaventure Finnbarr Francis Broderick (December 25, 1868 – November 18, 1943) was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana who later ran a gas station for several years until Archbishop (future Cardinal) Francis ...

† (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 September 1903; Coadjutor Bishop: 9 November 1903 to 1 March 1905) * Francisco Ramón Valentín de Casaus y Torres, O.P. † (Apostolic Administrator: 24 February 1836 to 10 November 1845) * Juan José Díaz de Espada y Fernánez de Landa † (Bishop: 11 August 1800 to 12 August 1832) * Evelio Diaz-Cia † (Priest: 12 September 1926 to 26 December 1941; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 March 1959; Coadjutor Archbishop: 14 November 1959; Archbishop: 21 March 1963 to 26 January 1970) * José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez † (Priest: 13 June 1943; Auxiliary Bishop: 31 March 1960 to 18 July 1961) * Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca † (Bishop: 4 September 1879 to 17 March 1887) * Francisco Fleix Soláus † (Bishop: 14 January 1846 to 22 September 1864) * José González de Cándamo y Cauniego † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 July 1798 to 12 September 1801) * Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada † (Bishop: 16 September 1903 to 3 January 1925) * Juan de Dios Hernández-Ruiz, S.J. (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 December 2005 to 5 June 2019) * Alfredo Llaguno-Canals † (Priest: 28 October 1928; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 March 1964 to 26 January 1970) * Jacinto Maria Martínez y Sáez, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 27 March 1865 to 31 October 1873) * Alfredo Antonio Francisco Müller y San Martín † (Priest: 21 August 1927; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 March 1948 to 7 April 1961) *

(Archbishop: 21 November 1981 – ) *

Braulio Orue-Vivanco Braulio Orue-Vivanco (March 6, 1843 in Havana, Cuba – October 21, 1904 in Pinar del Río, Cuba) was the first Bishop of the Diocese of Pinar del Río. His parents were Joaquin Orue-de las Casas and Josefa Vivanco. He studied at the Royal Schoo ...

† (Priest: 19 May 1867 to 20 February 1903) *

† (Archbishop: 26 January 1970 to 28 March 1981) *

Alfredo Petit-Vergel Alfredo Víctor Petit-Vergel (24 July 1936 – 7 August 2021) was a Cuban Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the Titular Bishop of Buslacena and the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Havana. He started his studies at El Buen Pastor Se ...

(Priest: 23 December 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 November 1991 to 26 April 2016) * Fernando Ramon Prego Casal † (Priest: 17 April 1955 to 13 November 1970) *

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† (Priest: 11 July 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 October 1970 to 25 November 1976) * Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina † (Priest: 3 March 1982; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 April 1999 to 22 February 2004) * Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas † (Priest: 31 May 1935 to 16 January 1960) * José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez † (Priest: 18 December 1897 to 18 April 1907; Archbishop: 30 March 1925 to 3 January 1940) * Severiano Sainz y Bencamo † (Priest: 23 December 1898 to 11 February 1915) * Manuel Santander y Frutos † (Bishop: 17 March 1887 to 24 November 1899) * Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza † (Bishop: 9 January 1900 to 16 September 1901) * Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez (Priest: 14 July 1968 to 13 December 2006) * Apolinar Serrano y Díaz † (Bishop: 23 September 1875 to 15 June 1876) * Francisco Antonio Pablo Sieni Flannings, O.F.M. Cap. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 September 1787 to 23 November 1793) * Felipe José de Tres-Palacios y Verdeja † (Bishop: 30 March 1789 to 16 September 1799) * Mariano Vivanco Valiente † (Priest: 28 May 1961 to 18 May 1987)

Churches

* Catedral de San Cristóbal de La Habana - Empedrado, entre San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Habana Vieja * Iglesia Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje, Havana * Iglesia del Espirito Santo - Calle Acosta #161, Habana Vieja *Iglesia de Jesus del Monte - Calzada de Jesus del Monte, esquina a Quiroga *Iglesia de Jesus, Maria y Jose - Jesus Maria y Revillagigedo,

Habana Vieja Old Havana ( es, link=no, La Habana Vieja) is the city-center (downtown) and one of the 15 municipalities (or boroughs) forming Havana, Cuba. It has the second highest population density in the city and contains the core of the original city of ...

*Iglesia de los Quemados de Marianao - Real y Boquete, Marianao *Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Caridad - Salud y Manrique *Iglesia de Nuestra Senora del Carmen - Infanta esquina a Neptuno *Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Monserrate *Iglesia de Nuestra Senora del Pilar *Iglesia del Salvador del Cerro *Iglesia de San Agustin - Calle 13 entre 12 y 14, Almendares *Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula *Iglesia de San Nicolas *Iglesia del Santo Angel Custodio *Iglesia del Santo Cristo *Iglesia de Vedado *Iglesia Antigua de la Loma del Carmelo *Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes *Iglesia de los Padres Pasionistas *Iglesia de los Padres Redentoristas *Iglesia del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus *Iglesia de San Francisco *Iglesia de San Juan de Latran *Iglesia de la Santa Cruz de Jerusalen *Iglesia de Santa Rita *Iglesia de Santo Tomas de Villanueva *Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua * Iglesia de Jesus de Miramar - 5ta Avenida esquina a 82, Miramar *Iglesia de Corpus Christi

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Havana puts on New Face for Pope
by Phillip True, ''Express News'', 21 January 1998 {{DEFAULTSORT:San Cristobal De La Habana History of Havana San Cristobal de la Habana

Habana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.