Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega: key obituary facts
Is Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega dead? Yes. Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega died on October 1, 2026, at age 86.
Cause of death: Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega known for?
He was a Cuban Catholic priest.
More about Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega
Born: 5 March 1940.
Place of birth: Nuevitas.
Gender: male.
Occupation: Catholic priest, Catholic bishop.
Nationality: Cuba.
Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega, a Cuban Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Camagüey from 1991 to 1996 and bishop of Ciego de Ávila from 1996 to 2017, died on October 1, 2026, aged 86.
Born in Nuevitas on March 5, 1940, he entered the diocesan seminary as a young man and completed his ecclesiastical, philosophical and theological formation there. He was ordained a priest on August 4, 1964, and began his ministry in his native diocese.
Pope John Paul II appointed him to the episcopate in November 1991.