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”’Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez”’ (October 18, 1929 – December 18, 2025) was a Cuban Catholic prelate |
”’Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez”’ (October 18, 1929 – December 18, 2025) was a Cuban Catholic prelate. |
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== Life and work == |
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Cuban Roman Catholic bishop (1929–2025)
Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez (October 18, 1929 – December 18, 2025) was a Cuban Catholic prelate.
Héctor Luis Lucas Peña Gómez was born October 18, 1929 in Gibara, and studied humanities and philosophy at the San Basilio Magno Seminary in El Cobre and studied theology at the Santo Tomás de Aquino Seminary in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[1]
He was ordained a priest on June 26, 1955 for the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba.[2]
On January 12, 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Cuba and titular bishop of Novaliciana. He was consecrated bishop on March 19, 1970, in the church of San Isidoro, Holguín. The event was presided over by Cesare Zacchi, the Vatican’s representative in Cuba; the co-consecrators were Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu and Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández.[3]
On January 8, 1979, with the creation of the Diocese of Holguín by Pope John Paul II, he was appointed the first bishop of the new diocese. He served as bishop of Holguín until November 14, 2005, when Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation for reasons of age. After his retirement from the pastoral government, he has been bishop emeritus of Holguín.[4]
He died December 18, 2025, aged 96.[5]
