Rite Latin Rite Area 5,510 km² | Pope Francis Country Venezuela | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2005)
550,000
485,000 (88.2%) Established 27 December 2002 (14 years ago) Bishop Bishop-elect Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar Cathedral Our Lady of Corteza Cathedral Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Acarigua–Araure (Latin: Acariguaruen(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Barquisimeto in Venezuela.
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Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Corteza, in the city of Acarigua.
History
On 27 December 2002 Blessed John Paul II established as Diocese of Acarigua – Araure, on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guanare.
Episcopal Ordinaries
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Acarigua–Araure Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA