Archdiocese of Barquisimeto
Barquisimeten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Lara state, Venezuela. Erected as a diocese on 7 March 1863 and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 30 April 1966, its province includes the suffragan dioceses of Acarigua-Araure, Carora, Guanare and San Felipe. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Barquisimeto.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 March 1863
- Latin
- Barquisimeten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000837
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,142,504
- Population
- 1,754,410
- Catholic share
- 65.1%
- Extent
- 8,590 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 133
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Polito Rodriguez Mendez
- Born
- 13 August 1967
- Birthplace
- Santa Bárbara
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel stands in Barquisimeto, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Barquisimeto
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Acarigua-AraureAcarigua-Araure
- Diocese of CaroraCarora
- Diocese of GuanareGuanare
- Diocese of San FelipeSan Felipe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan see of the Latin Church, the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto (Latin: Archidioecesis Barquisimetensis) belongs to the Catholic Church in the state of Lara, Venezuela.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].