Bishop José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez (29 May 1915 in

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– 11 December 1986 in

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) was

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of the

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(1961–1987) and

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of the

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(1960–1961).

Life

His parents were Juan Domínguez and Trinidad Rodríguez. He was baptized at the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad (''Our Lady of Charity'') in Havana. Bishop Dominguez studied

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and

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. He was ordained a priest on June 13, 1943, by the Archbishop of Havana Mons. Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt, in the Church of Espíritu Santo (''Holy Spirit''). He was named “camarero secreto supernumerario” by

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on October 7, 1950. Bishop Dominguez was appointed

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of Caeciri and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Havana by

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on March 31, 1960. He was consecrated on May 15, 1960, in the

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along with Mons.

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by Mons.

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, Titular Archbishop of

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, co-adjutor ''sedis datus'' of Havana, assisted by Mons. Carlos Riu Anglés, Bishop of the Diocese of Camagüey(now

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), and Mons. Alfredo Muller y San Martín, Titular Bishop of Anea and Apostalic Administrator “sede vacante” of the

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. He was later appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Matanzas on July 18, 1961. He participated in the

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(1962–1965). Bishop Dominguez died of a heart attack after an operation on December 11, 1986.

References

Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba bio

1915 births 1986 deaths Participants in the Second Vatican Council 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Cuba Roman Catholic bishops of Matanzas {{Cuba-RC-bishop-stub