Diocese of San Felipe (Venezuela)
| Diocese of San Felipe (Venezuela) | |
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Barquisimeto |
| Diocesan bishop | Víctor Hugo Basabe |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Nelson Antonio Martinez Rust |
| founding | 1966 |
| surface | 7,100 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 598,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 513,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 85.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 33 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,088 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 64 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol |
| address | Apartado 13, Avda. Caracas con 8a Avda., San Felipe 3201-A, Edo. Yaracuy, Venezuela |
The Diocese of San Felipe ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Philippi in Venetiola ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Felipe . It includes the state of Yaracuy .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Ex Quo Tempore it on October 7, 1966 from cessions of territory of the diocese of Valencia en Venezuela and the archdiocese of Barquisimeto , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of San Felipe
- Tomás Enrique Gómez Márquez (November 30, 1966– February 29, 1992)
- Nelson Antonio Martinez Rust (February 29, 1992– March 11, 2016)
- Víctor Hugo Basabe (since March 11, 2016)
