Suffragan diocese Barinas, Venezuela
Diocese of Barinas
Barinen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Barinas state, western Venezuela. Erected 23 July 1965 by Pope Paul VI from territories of the Diocese of Calabozo and the Archdiocese of Merida; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Merida. Its cathedral is the Catedral de Nuestra Senora del Pilar in Barinas.
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- Established
- 1965
- Catholics
- 609,000
- Priests
- 67
- Territory
- 35,200 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Jesus Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap.
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The cathedral
Catedral de Nuestra Senora del Pilar stands in Barinas, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
In western Venezuela's land-locked Barinas state, the Diocese of Barinas (Latin: Dioecesis Barinensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of Mérida. Its cathedral, the Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar, stands in the state capital, likewise named Barinas.
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