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

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