Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santisimo 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 (now Archdiocese of Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic. In 1803, the see was elevated to an archdiocese.

[edit] Ordinaries

1. Juan de Witte Hoos, O.P. (1517 - 1525)
2. Sebastián de Salamanca (1525 - 1526)
3. Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca, O.P. (1530 - 1534)
4. Diego de Sarmiento, O. Cart. (1535 - 1544)
5. Fernando de Uranga (1550 - 1556)
6. Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. (1561 - 1564)
7. Gonzalo de Solorzano (1563 - 1565)
8. Juan del Castillo (1567 - 1578)
9. Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. (1580 - 1597)
10. Bartolomé de la Plaza, O.F.M. (1597 - 1602)
11. Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (1602 - 1610)
12. Alonso Enríquez de Toledo y Armendáriz, O. de M. (1610 - 1624)
13. Gregorio de Alarcón, O.S.A. (1623 - 1624)
14. Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1625 - 1629)
15. Jerónimo Manrique de Lara y de Herrera, O. de M. (1629 - 1644)
16. Martín de Zelaya y Oláriz (1645 - 1649)
17. Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz (1649 - 1653)
18. Juan de Montiel (1655 - 1657)
19. Pedro de Reina Maldonado (1659 - 1660)
20. Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1661 - 1668)
21. Alonso Bernardo de Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. (1668 - 1671)
22. Gabriel Díaz Vara Calderón (1671 - 1676)
23. Juan Antonio García de Palacios (1677 - 1682)
24. Baltasar de Figueroa, O. Cist. (1683 - 1684)
25. Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela (1685 - 1704)
26. Jerónimo de Valdés, O.S.Bas. (1705 - 1729)
27. Francisco de Izarregui (1730 - 1730)
28. Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo, O.S.A. (1730 - 1731)
29. José Laso de la Vega y Cansino, O.F.M. (1731 - 1752)
30. Pedro Agustín Morell de Santa Cruz y Lora (1753 - 1768)
31. Santiago José Hechavarría y Elguezúa (1770 - 1788)
32. Antonio Feliú y Centena (1789 - 1791)
33. Joaquín de Osés y Alzúa (1792 - 1823)
34. Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo y Valle (1824 - 1831)
35. Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. (1831 - 1849)
36. St. Antonio María Claret y Clará, C.M.F. (1850 - 1859)
37. Manuel María Negueruela Mendi (1859 - 1861)
38. Primo Calvo y López (1861 - 1868)
39. José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (1875 - 1889)
40. José María Cos y Macho (1889 - 1892)
41. Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. (1894 - 1899)
42. Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar (1899 - 1913)
43. Felice Ambrogio Guerra Fezza, S.D.B. (1915 - 1925)
44. Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, O.C.D. (1925 - 1948)
45. Enrique Pérez Serantes (1948 - 1968)
46. Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu (1970 - 2007) - Archbishop Emeritus
47. Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez (2007 - )

[edit] Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1787		Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana
1912		Diocese of Camagüey
1979		Diocese of Holguín
1995		Diocese of Santisimo 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.

[edit] External links and References

• "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsncu.html. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.