Diocese of Barcelona
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Diocese of Barcelona
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cumaná |
| Diocesan bishop | Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | César Ramón Ortega Herrera |
| Vicar General | Carlos Alberto Viña |
| founding | 1954 |
| surface | 20,322 km² |
| Parishes | 46 (May 31, 2018) |
| Residents | 1,362,279 ( May 31, 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 2,053,000 ( 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 150.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 43 (May 31, 2018) |
| Religious sisters | 28 (May 31, 2018) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Cristobal |
| Website | http://www.barcelona.trimilenio.net/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona ( Latin Dioecesis Barcinonensis in Venetiola ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Barcelona .
history
The diocese of Barcelona was founded on June 7, 1954 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Summa Dei voluntate from assignments of territory by the Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Caracas as a suffragan . On June 21, 1958 it became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar. On May 16, 1992, the Diocese of Barcelona was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cumaná . On May 31, 2018, more than half of its territory and almost a quarter of the faithful gave up the establishment of the diocese of El Tigre .
Bishops of Barcelona
- José Humberto Paparoni , 1954–1959
- Angel Pérez Cisneros , 1960–1969, then coadjutor archbishop of Mérida
- Constantino Maradei Donato , 1969–1991
- Miguel Delgado Ávila SDB , 1991–1997
- César Ramón Ortega Herrera , 1998-2014
- Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón , since 2014
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b erezione della diocesi di El Tigre (Venezuela) e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 31, 2018, accessed May 31, 2018 (Italian).
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Summa Dei voluntate , AAS 46 (1954), n.14, p. 561ss.