Diocese of Puerto Cabello
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Diocese of Puerto Cabello
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela |
| Diocesan bishop | Saúl Figueroa Albornoz |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ramón José Viloria Pinzón SOD |
| founding | 1994 |
| surface | 729 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 356,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 321,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 90.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 21 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 13,957 |
| Friars | 3 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 11 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San José |
| address | Calle Bolivar 3-18, Zona Colonial, Puerto Cabello, Edo. Carabobo, Venezuela |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Cabello ( lat. : Dioecesis Portus Cabellensis ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Puerto Cabello . It covers part of the state of Carabobo .
history
Pope John Paul II founded the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Sollicitus de spirituali on July 5, 1994 from cession of territory from the Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Puerto Cabello
- Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval , July 5, 1994-16. July 2002, then Bishop of Barinas
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Ramón José Viloria Pinzón SOD , December 5, 2003-13. March 2010
- Reinaldo del Prette Lissot , April 2010–30. April 2011 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Saúl Figueroa Albornoz , since April 30, 2011