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

Pinar del Río, Diocese of

PINAR DEL RIO, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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PINAR DEL RÍO, DIOCESE OF. - City of the Republic of Cuba in the Antilles, and seat of a diocese, suffragan of San Cristóbal de la Habana.

It has an area of 13,500 sq km with a population of 410,000 inhabitants, of whom 400,000 are Catholics, divided into 48 churches and 27 parishes with 15 diocesan priests and 10 regulars; 1 boys' college and 3 girls' colleges (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 318).

The city of P. del R. was erected as a diocese on 20 February 1903 by a brief of Leo XIII, Actum praeclare. Its first bishop was Msgr. Braulio de Orne y Vivanco (1903-1907), who was succeeded by Msgr. Manuel Ruiz y Rodriguez.

Among the most important buildings, the Cathedral, dedicated to St. Rosendo, is to be remembered.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., XLIV, pp. 976-80; Fermin Fraga Barro, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XII, p. 101.

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 1482.

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Josi, Enrico. “Pinar del Rio, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1482. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/pinar-del-rio-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Pinar del Rio, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1482. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/pinar-del-rio-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Pinar del Rio, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1482},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/pinar-del-rio-diocesi-di}
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