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Roman Catholic Diocese of Carúpano

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
5,638 km²

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Venezuela

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 432,147 429,107 (99.3%)

Established
  
4 April 2000 (16 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Santa Rosa de Lima

Bishop
  
Jaime Villarroel Rodríguez

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná

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

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History

On 4 April 2000 Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of Carúpano from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cumaná.

Ordinaries

  • Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez (4 Apr 2000 - 10 Dec 2008) Appointed, Archbishop of Calabozo
  • Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez (10 Apr 2010 - present)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Carúpano Wikipedia