Diocese of Barinas
| Diocese of Barinas | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mérida |
| Diocesan bishop | Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras OFMCap |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval |
| founding | 1965 |
| surface | 35,200 km² |
| Parishes | 47 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 837.715 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 712.100 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 85% |
| Diocesan priest | 80 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,418 |
| Permanent deacons | 19 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 18 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 33 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Pilar |
| Website | diocesisbarinas.org.ve |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barinas ( lat. : Dioecesis Barinensis , span. : Diócesis de Barinas ) is an in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Barinas . It includes the state of Barinas .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the diocese on July 23, 1965 with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolicum munus from territories of the Diocese of Calabozo and the Archdiocese of Mérida , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
On December 3, 2015, there were territorial shares for the establishment of the diocese Guasdualito .
Bishops of Barinas
- Rafael Angel González Ramírez (July 23, 1965– August 1, 1992)
- Antonio José López Castillo (August 1, 1992– December 27, 2001, then Archbishop of Calabozo )
- Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval (July 16, 2002– August 30, 2013)
- José Luis Azuaje Ayala (August 30, 2013– May 24, 2018, then Archbishop of Maracaibo )
- Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras OFMCap (since December 21, 2018)
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Barinas - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on the Diocese of Barinas on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Barinas on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione della diocesi di Guasdualito (Venezuela) e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 3, 2015, accessed December 3, 2015 (Italian).