Diocese of Cabimas
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Diocese of Cabimas
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Maracaibo |
| Diocesan bishop | Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | William Enrique Delgado Silva |
| founding | 1965 |
| surface | 9,345 km² |
| Parishes | 48 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 995,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 892,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 89.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 52 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,379 |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 12 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
The Bistum Cabimas ( lat. : Dioecesis Cabimensis ) is an in Venezuela preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Cabimas .
history
The diocese Cabimas was on July 23, 1965 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Christianae familiae from cessions of territory of the diocese of Maracaibo . On July 7, 1994, the Diocese of Cabimas gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia .
It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Maracaibo as a suffragan .
Bishops of Cabimas
- Constantino Maradei Donato , 1965–1969, then Bishop of Barcelona
- Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa , 1970–1984, then Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
- Roberto Lückert León , 1985–1993, then Bishop of Coro
- Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez , 1994–2004, then Bishop of Los Teques
- William Enrique Delgado Silva , 2005-2018
- Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín since 2019
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Christianae familiae , AAS 58 (1966), n.5, p. 346ff.