The Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa is a

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of the

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of the

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, encompassing the municipality of

Baracoa Baracoa, whose full original name is: ''Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa'' ("Our Lady of the Assumption of Baracoa"), is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. It was visited by Admiral Christopher ...

and the surrounding

Guantánamo Province Guantánamo is the easternmost province of Cuba. Its capital is also called Guantánamo. Other towns include Baracoa. The province has the only land border of the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay. Overview Guantánamo's architecture and cultu ...

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. It was erected 24 January 1998 from the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba, to which it

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Ordinaries

* Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés (1998 - 2006) - Bishop Emeritus * Wilfredo Pino Estévez (2006 - 2016), appointed Archbishop of Camagüey * Silvano Herminio Pedroso Montalvo (2018 -

External links and references

Diocesis de Guantanamo Baracoa
''official site (in Spanish)'' * Baracoa 5703

Guantanamo-Baracoa Guantánamo-Baracoa Guantánamo-Baracoa Baracoa Guantánamo Province Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Santiago de Cuba {{RC-diocese-stub