The Diocese of Matanzas (Spanish: Diócesis Católica Romana de 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.
Bishops 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) Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz (since 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)