The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a metropolitan see with four suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.[1][2]
Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba
Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba
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Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
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| Location | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Santiago de Cuba |
| Metropolitan | Santiago de Cuba |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,043 km2 (2,333 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,050,000 255,500 (24.3%) |
| Parishes | 16 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1518 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Dionisio García Ibáñez |
Prior to elevation as a archdiocese, the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba 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 (now Archdiocese 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.
Erected: 1518
Name Changed: 28 April 1522
Latin Name: Sancti Iacobi in Cuba
Elevated: 24 November 1803
| Year | Along with | To form |
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| 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.
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