Diocese of Pinar Del Rio

Pinar del Rio, Diocese of (Pinetensis ad Flu-men), in Cuba, erected by the Brief “Actum prmdare” of Leo XIII, February 20, 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, October 28, 1903, died the following year. The present bishop is Manuel Ruiz y Rodriguez, consecrated at Cienfuegos, June 11, 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.

FERMIN FRAGA BARRO