Diocese of Carúpano
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Diocese of Carúpano
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cumaná |
| Diocesan bishop | Jaime Villarroel Rodríguez |
| founding | 2000 |
| surface | 5,638 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 503,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 4,975,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 989.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 207.292 |
| Religious sisters | 8 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Santa Rosa de Lima |
| address | Callejon Santa Rosa 3, Carupano 6124, Edo. Sucre, Venezuela |
| Website | http://diocesisdecarupano.org/ |
The Bistum Carúpano ( lat. : Dioecesis Carupaensis ) is an in Venezuela preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Carúpano . It covers part of the state of Sucre .
history
Pope John Paul II founded the diocese on April 4, 2000 with the Apostolic Constitution Plerique sacrorum from part of the territory of the Archdiocese of Cumaná , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Carúpano
- Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez (April 4, 2000– December 10, 2008, then Archbishop of Calabozo )
- Jaime Villarroel Rodríguez , since April 10, 2010