Rite Latin Rite Area 8,100 km² | Pope Francis Country Venezuela | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
368,176
357,130 (97.0%) Established 7 July 1994 (22 years ago) Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro in El Vigia Bishop Juan de Dios Peña Rojas (bishop-elect) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia (Latin: Dioecesis Dioecesis Vigilantis-Sancti Caroli Zuliensis) is a diocese located in the cities of El Vigía and San Carlos del Zulia in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo in Venezuela.
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History
On 7 July 1994 Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of El Vigia–San Carlos del Zulia from the Diocese of Cabimas, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maracaibo and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida.
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References
Roman Catholic Diocese of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA