Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
| Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mérida |
| Diocesan bishop | Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez |
| Auxiliary bishop | Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez (appointed) |
| founding | 1922 |
| surface | 11,100 km² |
| Parishes | 88 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 1,744,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 1,454,000 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 83.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 175 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 39 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,794 |
| Friars | 70 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 215 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Cristóbal |
| address | Apartado 20, Calle 3 con Carrera 3, San Cristobal, Edo. Tachira, Venezuela |
The Diocese of San Cristobal de Venezuela ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Cristobal de Venezuela . It includes the state of Táchira .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela with the Apostolic Constitution Ad munus on October 12, 1922 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Mérida and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Caracas as a suffragan diocese. With the elevation of the diocese of Mérida to the metropolitan archbishopric on June 11, 1923, it became part of the new ecclesiastical province .
On June 7, 1954, it lost part of its territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of San Fernando de Apure . On October 31, 1964, a cathedral chapter was founded with the Bull Precibus Venerabilis .
In 1962 the Universidad Católica del Táchira was founded.
Bishops of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
- Tomás Antonio Díaz Sanmiguel (June 22, 1923–1939)
- Rafael Arias Ignacio Blanco (November 12, 1939– April 23, 1952, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas )
- Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco (April 23, 1952– October 26, 1984)
- Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa (October 26, 1984– February 26, 1998)
- Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (since April 14, 1999)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela on gcatholic.org (English)