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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
11,000 km²

Country
  
Venezuela

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+58 276-3437722

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 1,500,000 1,250,000 (83.3%)

Established
  
12 October 1922 (94 years ago)

Address
  
Calle 3, San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela

Bishop
  
Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St. Christopher, San Cristóbal

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida in Venezuela

Similar
  
Universid Catolica del Tachira, Newspaper La Nacion, Universid Nacional Experime, Basílica de Táriba, National Experime University

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of San Cristóbal in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.

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History

On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela from the Diocese of Mérida.

Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación, Táriba
  • Basílica del Espíritu Santo, La Grita

    • Ordinaries

  • Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz † (22 Jun 1923 - 6 Jul 1937)
  • Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco † (12 Nov 1939 - 23 Apr 1952) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas
  • Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco † (23 Apr 1952 - 26 Oct 1984)
  • Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa † (26 Oct 1984 - 26 Feb 1998)
  • Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (14 Apr 1999 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Wikipedia
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