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Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
1,050 km²

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Venezuela

Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 398,712 335,815 (84.2%)

Established
  
18 July 1969 (47 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción

Bishop
  
Francisco José Castro Aguayo

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita (Latin: Dioecesis Margaritensis) is a diocese located on the island of Isla Margarita in the Ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela.

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History

On 18 July 1969 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Margarita from the Diocese of Cumaná.

Special churches

  • Cathedral:
  • Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción
  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora de El Valle, El Valle del Espíritu Santo

    • Ordinaries

  • Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza † (18 Jun 1969 - 2 Oct 1973) Appointed, Bishop of La Guaira
  • Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela (5 Apr 1974 - 18 Oct 1982) Appointed, Archbishop of Barquisimeto
  • César Ramón Ortega Herrera (25 Aug 1983 - 15 Jul 1998) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
  • Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo (18 Mar 1999 - 12 Feb 2008) Appointed, Bishop of Maracay
  • Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón (19 Dec 2008 – 11 Jul 2014) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
  • Francisco José Castro Aguayo (4 Aug 2015 – present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita Wikipedia
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