Archdiocese of Calabozo

Archdiocese of Calabozo
Basic data
Country	Venezuela
Diocesan bishop	Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes CIM
founding	1863
surface	27,947 km²
Parishes	29 (31.12.2014 / AP2016 )
Residents	632,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 )
Catholics	603,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 )
proportion of	95.4%
Diocesan priest	25 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 )
Religious priest	4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 )
Catholics per priest	20,793
Permanent deacons	7 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 )
Friars	20 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 )
Religious sisters	9 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Spanish
cathedral	Catedral de Todos Los Santos
Website	arquidiocesisdecalabozo.es.tl (Spanish)
Suffragan dioceses	San Fernando de Apure Valle de la Pascua

The Archdiocese of Calabozo ( Latin Archidioecesis Calabocensis , Spanish Archidiócesis de Calabozo ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Calabozo . It includes a. Part of the Venezuelan state of Guárico .

Cathedral in Calabozo

history

Pope Leo XIII. founded it on April 11, 1900 from cessions of territory of the diocese of Mérida and the archdiocese of Caracas , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese. The first bishop was not appointed until 1881.

On June 17, 1995, it was raised to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese.

It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:

• June 7, 1954 to the Diocese of Guanare and the Territorial Prelature of San Fernando de Apure ;
• June 21, 1958 to the Diocese of Maracay ,
• July 23, 1965 to the Diocese of Barinas ,
• July 25, 1992 to the diocese of Valle de la Pascua .

Ordinaries

Bishops of Calabozo

• Salustiano Crespo (August 4, 1881 - July 12, 1888)
• Felipe Neri Sendra (September 25, 1891 - May 9, 1921)
• Arturo Celestino Álvarez (May 9, 1921 - January 8, 1952)
• Antonio Ignacio Camargo (January 8, 1952 - September 2, 1957, then Bishop of Trujillo )
• Domingo Pérez Roa (October 3, 1957 - January 16, 1961, then Bishop of Maracaibo )
• Miguel Antonio Salas Salas CIM (January 16, 1961 - August 20, 1979, then Archbishop of Mérida )
• Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes CIM (March 24, 1980 - June 17, 1995)

Archbishops of Calabozo

• Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes CIM (June 17, 1995 - December 27, 2001)
• Antonio José López Castillo (December 27, 2001 - December 22, 2007, then Archbishop of Barquisimeto )
• Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez (since December 10, 2008)

statistics

year	population			priest				Permanent deacons	Religious		Parishes
	Catholics	Residents	%	Total number	Diocesan priest	Religious priest	Catholics per priest		Friars	Religious sisters
1950	197,000	200,000	98.5	28	22nd	6th	7,035		8th	13	45
1957	208,600	213,000	97.9	34	25th	9	6.135		11	46	37
1966	278,000	280,000	99.3	47	32	15th	5,914		15th	60	30th
1970	329,000	333,000	98.8	50	47	3	6,580		3	70	36
1976	165,000	170,000	97.1	38	30th	8th	4,342		8th	75	34
1977	395,000	400,000	98.8	37	27	10	10,675		10	75	37
1990	491,000	525,000	93.5	34	29	5	14,441		7th	72	42
1999	281.285	356.370	78.9	24	17th	7th	11,720	3	23	18th	21st
2000	283,500	360.203	78.7	18th	15th	3	15,750	3	17th	20th	21st
2001	288.200	363,900	79.2	26th	19th	7th	11,084	5	22nd	22nd	21st
2002	302.610	382.095	79.2	23	16	7th	13,156	7th	21st	22nd	24
2003	332,000	482,000	68.9	28	21st	7th	11,857	9	25th	20th	24
2004	500,000	540,000	92.6	24	20th	4th	20,833	10	23	20th	24
2006	519,000	560,000	92.7	26th	23	3	19,961	12	9	15th	24

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Colombia
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Calabozo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Archdiocese of Calabozo on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry on Archdiocese of Calabozo on gcatholic.org (English)