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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana

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Country
  
Venezuela

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Founded
  
1979

Metropolitan
  
Ciudad Bolívar

Area
  
53,596 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 850,000 765,000 (90.0%)

Established
  
20 August 1979 (37 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nuestra Señora de Fátima

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ciudad Guayana in the Ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela.

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History

On 20 August 1979 Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of Ciudad Guayana from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar.

Ordinaries

  • Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (20 Aug 1979 - 26 May 1986) Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
  • José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (13 Jan 1987 - 21 Jul 1990)
  • Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (2 May 1991 - 11 Nov 2000) Appointed, Archbishop of Maracaibo
  • Mariano José Parra Sandoval (10 Jul 2001 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana Wikipedia
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