Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar

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Rite Latin Rite Area 109,769 km²		Pope Francis Country Venezuela

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)570,000547,000 (96.0%) Established 20 May 1790 (226 years ago) Cathedral Catedral de Santo Tomás Emeritus Bishops Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero Archbishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar (Latin: Civitatis Bolivaren(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela.

History

20 May 1790: Established as Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana from the Diocese of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico

20 January 1953: Renamed as Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar

21 June 1958: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar

Ordinaries

Francisco de Ibarra y Herrera † (19 Dec 1791 - 14 Dec 1798) Appointed, Bishop of Caracas

José Antonio García Mohedano † (11 Aug 1800 - 17 Oct 1804)

Mariano Talavera y Garcés † (22 Dec 1828 - 1842)

Mariano Fernández Fortique † (12 Jul 1841 - 6 Feb 1854)

José Manuel Arroyo y Niño † (19 Jun 1856 - 30 Nov 1884)

Manuel Felipe Rodríguez Delgado † (30 Jul 1885 - 13 Dec 1887)

Antonio María Durán † (25 Sep 1891 - 18 Jul 1917)

Sixto Sosa Díaz † (5 Dec 1918 - 16 Jun 1923) Appointed, Bishop of Cumaná

Miguel Antonio Mejía † (22 Jun 1923 - 6 Oct 1947)

Juan José Bernal Ortiz † (21 Oct 1949 - 25 Jul 1965) Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Los Teques

Crisanto Darío Mata Cova † (30 Apr 1966 - 26 May 1986)

Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (26 May 1986 - 27 Aug 2011)

Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. (27 Aug 2011 - present)

Suffragan dioceses

Ciudad Guayana

Maturín

References

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar Wikipedia

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