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Diocese of Pinar del Rio
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(Pinetensis ad Flumen)
Located in Cuba, erected by the Brief “Actum præclare” of Leo XIII, 20 Feb., 1903. The boundaries of the diocese are those of the civil province; it occupies the western part of the island and has an area of 2867 square miles. Its first bishop was Braulio de Orne y Vivanco, consecrated at Havana, 28 October, 1903, died the following year. The present bishop is Manuel Ruiz y Rodriguez, consecrated at Cienfuegos, 11 June, 1907. The diocese contains 27 parishes with 19 secular priests. There is a boys’ school conducted by the Piarist Fathers, and a girls’ school under the care of religious women.
Source Record
- Author
- Barro, Firmin Fraga
- Publication
- The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1911.
- Nihil Obstat
- Nihil Obstat. June 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.
- Imprimatur
- Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.