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Roman Catholic Diocese of Machiques

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Country
  
Venezuela

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Metropolitan
  
Maracaibo

Area
  
25,350 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 325,000 282,000 (86.8%)

Established
  
26 May 1943 (73 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Machiques (Latin: Dioecesis Machiquesensis) is a diocese located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo in Venezuela.

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History

On 26 May 1943 Pope Pius XII erected the diocese as an Apostolic Vicariate. The Vicariate was elevated to a full diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 9 April 2011.

Ordinaries

  • Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. † (4 Sep 1944 - Jan 1954)
  • Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, O.F.M. Cap. † (19 Dec 1955 - 10 Mar 1986)
  • Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. † (10 Mar 1986 - 7 Oct 1995)
  • Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I. (24 Jan 199 - 9 Apr 2011)
  • Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap. (9 Apr 2011 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Machiques Wikipedia
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