Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.
The diocese's name was changed to the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville in Spain until 12 February 1546 when it became a suffragan of the Diocese of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. In 1803, the see was elevated to an archdiocese. The archdiocese is the home of the Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre.
Bishops
;Diocese of BaracoaErected: 1518
- Juan de Witte Hoos, O.P. Resigned
Name Changed: 28 April 1522
Latin Name: Sancti Iacobi in Cuba
;Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba
Elevated: 24 November 1803
- Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo y Valle Died
- Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Died
- St. Antonio María Claret y Clará, C.M.F. Died
- Manuel María Negueruela Mendi Died
- Primo Calvo y López Died
- José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
- José María Cos y Macho Appointed, Archbishop of Madrid
- Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. Resigned
- Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar Died
- Felix Ambrosio Guerra, S.D.B. Resigned
- Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. Died
- Enrique Pérez Serantes Died
- Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu Retired
Auxiliary bishops
- Dionisio Resino y Ormachea, O.S.B.
- José Francisco Martínez de Tejada y Díez de Velasco, O.F.M., appointed Bishop of Yucatán, México
- Pedro Ponce y Carrasco, appointed Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
- Santiago José Hechavarría y Elguesúa, appointed Bishop here
- Francisco Antonio Pablo Sieni Flannings, O.F.M. Cap., appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
- Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu, appointed Archbishop here
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas, appointed Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas, USA in 1794
- Carlos Riu Anglés, appointed Bishop of Camagüey in 1948
- Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos in 1969
- Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana in 1991
- Silvano Herminio Pedroso Montalvo, appointed Bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa in 2018
Territorial losses
Year | Along with | To form |
1787 | Diocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana | |
1912 | Diocese of Camagüey | |
1979 | Diocese of Holguín | |
1995 | Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo | |
1998 | Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa |
The see also gained territory in 1527 with the suppression of the Diocese of Concepción de la Vega.