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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ciudad Guayana in the ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela.

Diocese of Ciudad Guayana

Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis
Location
Country Venezuela
MetropolitanCiudad Bolívar
Statistics
Area53,596 km2 (20,694 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
850,000
765,000 (90.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established20 August 1979 (44 years ago)
CathedralPro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVacant
Bishops emeritusJosé de Jesús Nuñez Viloria
Map

History edit

On 20 August 1979 Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of Ciudad Guayana from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar.

Bishops edit

Ordinaries edit

  • Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (20 August 1979 – 26 May 1986) Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
  • José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (13 January 1987 – 21 July 1990)
  • Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (2 May 1991 – 11 November 2000) Appointed, Archbishop of Maracaibo
  • Mariano José Parra Sandoval (10 July 2001 – 25 October 2016) Appointed, Archbishop of Coro
  • Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. (29 July 2017 – 19 March 2022)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit

  • Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo in 2012
  • Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar, appointed Bishop of Acarigua-Araure in 2015

See also edit

References edit

Sources edit

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