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Roman Catholic Diocese of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
8,100 km²

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Venezuela

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)368,176357,130 (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.

Ordinaries

  • William Enrique Delgado Silva (14 Apr 1999 - 26 Jul 2005) Appointed, Bishop of Cabimas
  • José Luis Azuaje Ayala (15 Jul 2006 - 30 Aug 2013)
  • Juan de Dios Peña Rojas (17 Apr 2015–present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia Wikipedia
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