Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas
# Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas

The Diocese of Matanzas is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. The diocese was erected 10 December 1912.

## Bishops

### Ordinaries

* Charles Warren Currier (1913 - 1914)
* Severiano Sainz y Bencamo (1915 - 1937)
* Alberto Martín y Villaverde (1938 - 1960)
* José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez (1961 - 1986)
* Mariano Vivanco Valiente (1987 - 2004)
* Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal (2005 - 2022)

### Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, appointed Bishop of Pinar del Rio in 1978; future Cardinal
* Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA in 1979
* Felipe de Jesús Estévez (priest here, 1970–1979), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA in 2003

## External links and references

* "Diocese of Matanzas". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
* Conferencia De Obispos Catolicos De Cuba (Spanish)

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