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Diocese of Pinar del Rio
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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.
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Diocese of Pinar del Rio'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/diocese-of-pinar-del-rio.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Diocese of Pinar del Rio'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/diocese-of-pinar-del-rio.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
