Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas

The Diocese of Matanzas is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. The diocese was erected 10 December 1912.

Ordinaries

 * Charles Warren Currier (1913 - 1914)
 * Severiano Sainz y Bencamo (1915 - 1937)
 * Alberto Martín y Villaverde (1938 - 1960)
 * José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez (1961 - 1986)
 * Mariano Vivanco Valiente (1987 - 2004)
 * Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal (2005 - 2022)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

 * Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, appointed Bishop of Pinar del Rio in 1978; future Cardinal
 * Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA in 1979
 * Felipe de Jesús Estévez (priest here, 1970–1979), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA in 2003

External links and references

 * Conferencia De Obispos Catolicos De Cuba (Spanish)
 * Conferencia De Obispos Catolicos De Cuba (Spanish)