# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manuel-hilario-de-cespedes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:28:26.676Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manuel-hilario-de-cespedes"
name: "Manuel Hilario de Céspedes"
slug: "manuel-hilario-de-cespedes"
description: "Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal was a Cuban Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Matanzas from 2005 to 2022. He studied for the priesthood in Venezuela and filled pastoral assignments there for twelve years before returning to his native Cuba, where he worked in the Diocese of Pinar del Rio until being appointed bishop."
tagline: "Roman Catholic bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manuel_Hilario_de_C%C3%A9spedes_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1944-03-11"
deathDate: "2025-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.470338666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مانويل هيلاريو دى سيسبيديس وجارسيا مينوكال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Hilario_de_C%C3%A9spedes_y_Garc%C3%ADa_Menocal"
    title: "Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Hilario_de_C%C3%A9spedes_y_Garc%C3%ADa_Menocal"
    title: "Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Hilario_de_C%C3%A9spedes"
    title: "Manuel Hilario de Céspedes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Hilario_de_C%C3%A9spedes"
    title: "Manuel Hilario de Céspedes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1682779"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump