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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Calabozo

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
32,000 km²

Parishes
  
24

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Venezuela

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 560,000 519,000 (92.7%)

Established
  
7 March 1863 (154 years ago)

The Archdiocese of Calabozo (Latin: Archidioecesis Calabocensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Venezuela. It was a diocese until 1995.

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History

The Archdiocese of Calabozo, embracing the section of Guárico and portions of the sections of Apure, Zamora, Portuguesa, Cojedes and Guzman Blanco, was created 7 March 1863 by Pius IX as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela), and its first bishop was consecrated 30 October 1881. Saint John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 17 June 1995.

Ordinaries

  • Salustiano Crespo † (4 Aug 1881 - 12 Jul 1888)
  • Felipe Neri Sendra (Sendrea) † (25 Sep 1891 - 9 May 1921)
  • Arturo Celestino Álvarez † (9 May 1921 - 8 Jan 1952)
  • Antonio Ignacio Camargo † (8 Jan 1952 - 2 Sep 1957) Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo
  • Domingo Roa Pérez † (3 Oct 1957 - 16 Jan 1961) Appointed, Bishop of Maracaibo
  • Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. † (16 Jan 1961 - 20 Aug 1979) Appointed, Archbishop of Mérida
  • Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. (24 Mar 1980 - 27 Dec 2001)
  • Antonio José López Castillo (27 Dec 2001 - 22 Dec 2007) Appointed, Archbishop of Barquisimeto
  • Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez (10 Dec 2008 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo Wikipedia
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