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Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona

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Country
  
Venezuela

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Ecclesiastical province
  
Cumaná

Area
  
43,000 km (17,000 sq mi)

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 1,909,000 1,785,000 (93.5%)

Established
  
7 June 1954 (62 years ago)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona (Latin: Dioecesis Barcinonensis in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of Barcelona in the Ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela.

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On Thursday, 11 July 2014, the Vatican web site's online daily news bulletin, in the listing of resignations and appointments, stated that Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, who had been serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita, as the Bishop-designate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona.

History

On 7 June 1954 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Barcelona from the Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar.

Ordinaries

  • José Humberto Paparoni † (4 Oct 1954 - 1 Oct 1959)
  • Angel Pérez Cisneros † (23 May 1960 - 18 Jun 1969) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida
  • Constantino Maradei Donato † (18 Nov 1969 - 16 Nov 1991)
  • Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. † (16 Nov 1991 - 21 Jun 1997)
  • César Ramón Ortega Herrera (15 Jul 1998 – 20 Jan 2014)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona Wikipedia
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