Diocese of Carora
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Diocese of Carora
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Barquisimeto |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Luis Armando Tineo Rivera |
| founding | 1992 |
| surface | 11,708 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 315.263 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 304.112 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 96.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,603 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 5 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 26 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Juan Bautista |
The Bistum Carora ( lat. : Dioecesis Carorensis ) is an in Venezuela preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Carora . It covers part of the state of Lara .
history
Pope John Paul II founded the diocese on July 25, 1992 with the Apostolic Constitution Certiori christifidelium from cession of territory from the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Carora
- Eduardo Herrera Riera , July 5, 1994-5. December 2003
- Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes OdeM , December 5, 2003–27. August 2011, then Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
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Luis Armando Tineo Rivera , July 23, 2013–23. June 2020
- Sedis vacancy since June 23, 2020
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Carora on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry to the diocese Carora on gcatholic.org (English)