Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
Diocese of Ciudad Guayana Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Venezuela |
Metropolitan | Ciudad Bolívar |
Statistics | |
Area | 53,596 km2 (20,694 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 850,000 765,000 (90.0%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 20 August 1979 (44 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora de Fátima |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez |
Bishops emeritus | José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria |
Map | |
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.
History
On 20 August 1979 Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of Ciudad Guayana from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (20 Aug 1979 – 26 May 1986) Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
- José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (13 Jan 1987 – 21 Jul 1990)
- Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (2 May 1991 – 11 Nov 2000) Appointed, Archbishop of Maracaibo
- Mariano José Parra Sandoval (10 Jul 2001 – 25 Oct 2016) Appointed, Archbishop of Coro
- Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. (29 Jul 2017–present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo in 2012
- Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar, appointed Bishop of Acarigua-Araure in 2015
See also
References
Sources
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