Diocese of Margarita
| Diocese of Margarita | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cumaná |
| Diocesan bishop | Fernando José Castro Aguayo |
| founding | 1969 |
| surface | 1,050 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (31.12.2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 470,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 384,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 81.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 32 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,378 |
| Permanent deacons | 16 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 6 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 26 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita ( lat. : Dioecesis Margaritensis ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in La Asunción on the Isla Margarita . It includes the state of Nueva Esparta .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Verba Christi on July 18, 1969 from cession of territory from the Diocese of Cumaná and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar as a suffragan diocese.
With the elevation of the Diocese of Cumaná to the Metropolitan Archbishopric on May 16, 1992, it became part of the new ecclesiastical province.
Bishops of Margarita
- Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza (June 18, 1969– October 2, 1973, then Bishop of La Guaira )
- Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela (April 5, 1974– October 18, 1982, then Archbishop of Barquisimeto )
- César Ramón Ortega Herrera (August 25, 1983– July 15, 1998, then Bishop of Barcelona )
- Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo (March 18, 1999– February 12, 2008, then Bishop of Maracay )
- Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón (December 19, 2008– July 11, 2014, then Bishop of Barcelona )
- Fernando José Castro Aguayo (since August 4, 2015)
