Diocese of La Guaira
| Diocese of La Guaira | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Caracas |
| Diocesan bishop | Raúl Biord Castillo SDS |
| founding | 1970 |
| surface | 1,497 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 411,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 375,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 91.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,523 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol |
The Diocese of La Guaira ( Latin Dioecesis Guairiensis , Spanish diócesis de La Guaira ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in La Guaira . It includes the state of Vargas .
history
Pope Paul VI established the diocese on April 15, 1970 with the Apostolic Constitution Cum summus from part of the territory of the Archdiocese of Caracas , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of La Guaira
- Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce , 1970–1972, then auxiliary bishop in Caracas
- Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza , 1973-2001
- José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo , 2001–2011, then Bishop of Guanare
- Raúl Biord Castillo SDB , since 2013
See also
Web links
- Entry on the diocese of La Guaira on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of La Guaira on gcatholic.org (English)