Diocese of Acarigua–Araure

Diocese of Acarigua–Araure Dioecesis Acariguaruensi
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Barquisimeto
Statistics
Area	5,510 km2 (2,130 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2005) 550,000 485,000 (88.2%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 December 2002 (23 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Corteza
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Gerardo Salas Arjona
Metropolitan Archbishop	Polito Rodríguez Méndez

The Diocese of Acarigua–Araure (Latin: Acariguaruen(sis)) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto in Venezuela.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Corteza, in the city of Acarigua.

History

On 27 December 2002, Pope John Paul II established as Diocese of Acarigua – Araure, on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guanare.

Episcopal ordinaries

• Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo (2002.12.27 – death 2013.10.30)
  • Apostolic Administrator Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval (2013.10.31 – 2015.08.10)
• Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar (2015.08.10 – 2021.11.16), appointed Bishop of Petare
• Gerardo Salas Arjona (2022.08.22 – Present)

See also

• Catholic Church in Venezuela

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}