Diocese of El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia
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Diocese of El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Maracaibo |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan de Dios Peña Rojas |
| founding | 1994 |
| surface | 8,233 km² |
| Parishes | 30 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 438,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 433,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 98.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 33 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 13,121 |
| Religious sisters | 5 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Senora del Perpetuo Socorro |
The Diocese of El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia ( lat. : Dioecesis Vigil Antis-Sancti Caroli Zuliensis ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in El Vigía .
history
The diocese of El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia was established on July 7, 1994 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Sacrorum Antistites from territories of the Archbishopric of Maracaibo and Mérida and the Diocese of Cabimas and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Maracaibo as a suffragan .
Bishops of El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia
- William Enrique Delgado Silva , 1999–2005, then Bishop of Cabimas
- José Luis Azuaje Ayala , 2006–2013
- Juan de Dios Peña Rojas , since 2015
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Sacrorum Antistites , AAS 86 (1994), n.12, pp. 932f.