Roman Catholic Church in Cuba

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The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba is the largest Christian denomination in the country, historically influential in Cuban religious, social, and cultural life despite periods of tension with the state.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cuban Catholics 1
Roman Catholic Church in Cuba canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
religious organization in Cuba
communionWith Holy See
Pope
country Cuba
denominationOf Christianity
engagedIn dialogue with Cuban government
experiencedTensionPeriod post-1959 revolutionary era
experiencedTensionWith Cuban state
linked to: Cuban government
hadRestrictionsOn public religious processions after 1959
religious education after 1959
hasArchdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camagüey
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba
hasCathedral Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption, Santiago de Cuba
Cathedral of Havana
linked to: Havana Cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria, Camagüey
hasClergyType diocesan priests
religious order priests
hasDiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayamo-Manzanillo
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciego de Ávila
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cienfuegos
Roman Catholic Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa
Roman Catholic Diocese of Holguín
Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinar del Río
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sancti Spíritus
Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Clara
hasEcclesiasticalProvince Ecclesiastical province of Camagüey
Ecclesiastical province of San Cristóbal de la Habana
Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Cuba
hasLayOrganization Catholic lay movements in Cuba
hasMembers religious brothers
religious sisters
hasNationalShrine National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
hasRite Latin Rite
historicallyInfluentialIn Cuban cultural life
Cuban education
Cuban social life
hostedVisit Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis
Pope John Paul II
hostedVisitYear 1998
2012
2015
involvedIn social and charitable work in Cuba
largestChristianDenominationIn Cuba
partOf worldwide Catholic Church
patronessOf Cuba
primaryLanguageOfLiturgy Spanish
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
veneratesPatronSaint Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
linked to: Our Lady of Charity

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colón Cemetery operator Roman Catholic Church in Cuba
Our Lady of Charity devotees Cuban Catholics
linked to: Roman Catholic Church in Cuba