Trujillo Diocese (Venezuela)
Trujillo Diocese (Venezuela) | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Venezuela |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mérida |
Diocesan bishop | Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez OCD |
founding | 1957 |
surface | 7,400 km² |
Parishes | 76 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Residents | 848,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Catholics | 795,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
proportion of | 93.8% |
Diocesan priest | 111 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
Religious priest | 15 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 6.310 |
Permanent deacons | 23 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Friars | 20 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 66 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Paz |
address | Avenida Garcia de Paredes N. 10-52, Apartado 8, Trujillo, Venezuela |
Website | http://diocesisdetrujillo.blogspot.com |
The bishopric Trujillo ( lat. : Dioecesis truxillensis in Venetiola ) is an in Venezuela preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Trujillo . It includes the state of Trujillo .
history
Pope Pius XII established the diocese of Trujillo on June 4, 1957 with the Apostolic Constitution In maximis officii from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Mérida , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Trujillo
- Antonio Ignacio Camargo (1957–1961)
- José Léon Rojas Chaparro (1961–1982)
- Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña (1982–2012)
- Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez OCD (since 2012)
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Trujillo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry for the diocese of Trujillo on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry about the diocese of Trujillo on giga-catholic.com (English)