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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
14,800 km²

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Venezuela

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 268,654 258,090 (96.1%)

Established
  
16 May 1972 (44 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción

Bishop
  
Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia in Venezuela

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Venetiola ) is a diocese located in the city of San Carlos in the Ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela in Venezuela.

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History

On 16 May 1972 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela from Diocese of Valencia.

Ordinaries

  • Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (16 May 1972 - 20 Aug 1979) Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Guayana
  • Antonio Arellano Durán † (3 Jun 1980 - 27 Dec 2002)
  • Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares (27 Dec 2002 - 2014)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela Wikipedia
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