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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabimas

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Address
  
Cabimas, Zulia, Venezuela

Phone
  
+58 264-2411063

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
9,342 km²

Country
  
Venezuela

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabimas

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)797,560739,380 (92.7%)

Established
  
23 July 1965 (51 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario

Bishop
  
William Enrique Delgado Silva

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabimas (Latin: Dioecesis Cabimensis) is a diocese located in the city of Cabimas in the Ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo in Venezuela.

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History

On 23 July 1965 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Cabimas from the Diocese of Maracaibo.

Ordinaries

  • Constantino Maradei Donato † (23 Jul 1965 - 18 Nov 1969) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
  • Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa † (31 Mar 1970 - 26 Oct 1984) Appointed, Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
  • Roberto Lückert León (27 Apr 1985 - 21 Jul 1993) Appointed, Bishop of Coro
  • Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (12 Mar 1994 - 30 Dec 2004) Appointed, Bishop of Los Teques
  • William Enrique Delgado Silva (26 Jul 2005 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabimas Wikipedia
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