Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela
| Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela |
| Diocesan bishop | Polito Rodríguez Méndez |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares |
| founding | 1972 |
| surface | 14,800 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 339,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 329,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 97.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,185 |
| Permanent deacons | 10 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 8 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 15 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción |
| address | Calle Carabobo n.11-10, San Carlos, Edo. Cojedes, Venezuela |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Venetiola ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Carlos de Venezuela . It includes the state of Cojedes .
history
Pope Paul VI established the diocese on May 16, 1972 with the Apostolic Constitution In vertice from cession of territory of the Diocese of Valencia en Venezuela and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Caracas as a suffragan diocese.
On November 12, 1974, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela .
Bishops of San Carlos de Venezuela
- Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (May 16, 1972 - August 20, 1979, then Bishop of Ciudad Guayana )
- Antonio Durán Arellano (June 3, 1980 - December 27, 2002)
- Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares (December 27, 2002 - November 10, 2014)
- Polito Rodríguez Méndez (since April 8, 2016)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela on gcatholic.org (English)