Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
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Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar |
| Diocesan bishop | Helizandro Terán Bermúdez OSA |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria |
| founding | 1979 |
| surface | 53,596 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 961,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 912,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 94.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 37 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 20,727 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 12 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 99 (31.12.2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| Website | http://www.diocesisciudadguayana.org.ve/ |
The Bistum Ciudad Guiana ( lat. : Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis ) is an in Venezuela preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Ciudad Guiana .
history
The diocese of Ciudad Guayana was established on August 20, 1979 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum nos from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Ciudad Guayana
- Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero , 1979–1986, then Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
- José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria , 1987-1990
- Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera FMI , 1991–2000, then Archbishop of Maracaibo
- Mariano José Parra Sandoval , 2001–2016, then Archbishop of Coro
- Helizandro Terán Bermúdez OSA , since 2017