Diocese of Machiques
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Diocese of Machiques
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Maracaibo |
| Diocesan bishop | Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas |
| Apostolic Vicar Emeritus | Ramiro Díaz Sánchez OMI |
| founding | 1943 |
| surface | 25,136 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 361.100 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 297,500 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 82.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,658 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
The Diocese of Machiques ( lat. : Dioecesis Machiquesensis ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Machiques .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Vicariate Machiques on May 26, 1943 from cessions of territory from the diocese of Zulia . On April 9, 2011, it was raised to the rank of diocese, which was also subordinated to the Archdiocese of Maracaibo as a suffragan diocese.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Machiques
- Turrado Angel Moreno OFMCap (September 4, 1944 – January 1954, resigned)
- Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios OFMCap (December 19, 1955– March 10, 1986, retired)
- Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez OFMCap (March 10, 1986– October 7, 1995, resigned)
- Ramiro Díaz Sánchez OMI (January 24, 1997– April 9, 2011, retired)
Bishop of Machiques
- Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras OFMCap, April 9, 2011–21. December 2018, then Bishop of Barinas
- Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas , since October 19, 2019
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 44,361 | 47.011 | 94.4 | 10 | 10 | 4,436 | 15th | 17th | 6th | ||
| 1966 | 91,389 | 94,691 | 96.5 | 14th | 3 | 11 | 6,527 | 15th | 46 | 11 | |
| 1970 | 92,400 | 98,500 | 93.8 | 15th | 5 | 10 | 6.160 | 17th | 46 | 12 | |
| 1976 | 125,000 | 150,000 | 83.3 | 22nd | 4th | 18th | 5,681 | 27 | 42 | 13 | |
| 1980 | 145,000 | 174,000 | 83.3 | 23 | 3 | 20th | 6,304 | 36 | 41 | 13 | |
| 1990 | 200,000 | 245,000 | 81.6 | 23 | 2 | 21st | 8,695 | 30th | 40 | 17th | |
| 1999 | 225,000 | 250,000 | 90.0 | 14th | 4th | 10 | 16,071 | 1 | 12 | 30th | 10 |
| 2000 | 225,000 | 250,000 | 90.0 | 13 | 4th | 9 | 17.307 | 3 | 19th | 31 | 10 |
| 2001 | 220,000 | 260,000 | 84.6 | 14th | 4th | 10 | 15,714 | 1 | 14th | 30th | 12 |
| 2002 | 220,000 | 260,000 | 84.6 | 18th | 5 | 13 | 12,222 | 1 | 23 | 33 | 12 |
| 2003 | 230,000 | 275,000 | 83.6 | 20th | 7th | 13 | 11,500 | 1 | 25th | 35 | 12 |
| 2004 | 250,000 | 290,000 | 86.2 | 19th | 9 | 10 | 13,157 | 1 | 18th | 38 | 14th |
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Machiques on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Diocese of Machiques on gcatholic.org (English)