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Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Cabello

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Metropolitan
  
Valencia en Venezuela

Cathedral
  
Catedral San José

Area
  
729 km²

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Venezuela

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 300,000 270,000 (90.0%)

Established
  
5 July 1994 (22 years ago)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia in Venezuela

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Cabello (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Cabellensis) is a diocese located in the city of Puerto Cabello in the Ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela in Venezuela.

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History

On 5 July 1994, John Paul II established the Diocese of Puerto Cabello from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia.

Ordinaries

  • Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval (1994.07.05 – 2002.07.16)
  • Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, S.O.D. (2003.12.05 – 2010.03.13)
  • Saúl Figueroa Albornoz (2011.04.30 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Cabello Wikipedia
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