Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Matanzas, Diocese of

MATANZAS, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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MATANZAS, Diocese of. - City and diocese on the northern coast of the Island of Cuba.

It has an area of 8,444 sq km with a population of 361,079 inhabitants, of whom 324,970 are Catholics. It has 29 parishes served by 19 diocesan priests and 36 regulars; it has a seminary, 11 male religious communities and 16 female ones (Ann. Pont., 1951, p. 266).

The diocese was created by Pope Pius X, by decree of the S. Congr. Concettoriale of 10 Dec. 1912. It is a suffragan of San Cristóbal de la Habana. Patrons of the diocese are Sts. Charles and Severinus.

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BIBL.: AAS, 5 (1913), p. 94; Enc. Eur. Am., XXXIII, pp. 852-56.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 330.

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Josi, Enrico. “Matanzas, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 330. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/matanzas-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Matanzas, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 330. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/matanzas-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Matanzas, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {330},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
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