Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
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.
Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola | |
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Location | |
Country | Venezuela |
Ecclesiastical province | Mérida |
Statistics | |
Area | 11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,500,000 1,250,000 (83.3%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 12 October 1922 (97 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral de San Cristóbal |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez |
Auxiliary Bishops | Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez, elect |
Map | |
History
On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela from the Diocese of Mérida.
Special churches
Bishops
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)
Auxiliary Bishop
- Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez (2020-
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- José Léon Rojas Chaparro † , appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo in 1961
- José Hernán Sánchez Porras † , appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military in 2000
- Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, appointed Bishop of Margarita in 2008
- Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 2016
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
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