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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Archbishop
  
Diego Padrón

Country
  
Venezuela

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
6,152 km²

Bishop
  
Diego Padrón

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 515,000 489,000 (95.0%)

Established
  
12 October 1922 (94 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Inés

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná (Latin: Archidioecesis Cumanensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Cumaná in Venezuela.

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History

On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Cumaná from the Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana. Blessed John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 16 May 1992.

Ordinaries

  • Sixto Sosa Díaz † (16 Jun 1923 - 29 May 1943)
  • Crisanto Darío Mata Cova † (21 Oct 1949 - 30 Apr 1966) Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
  • Mariano José Parra León † (30 Nov 1966 - 12 Mar 1987)
  • Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa † (12 Mar 1987 - 17 Sep 2001)
  • Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez (27 Mar 2002 – present)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Barcelona
  • Carúpano
  • Margarita

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná Wikipedia
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