Metropolitan see Calabozo, Venezuela
Archdiocese of Calabozo
Calabocen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese centered on Calabozo in Guarico state, Venezuela. Erected as a diocese on 7 March 1863 by Pope Pius IX and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 17 June 1995 by Pope John Paul II, with San Fernando de Apure and Valle de la Pascua as suffragans. Its cathedral is All Saints Cathedral (Catedral Todos los Santos) in Calabozo.
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- Established
- 1863
- Catholics
- 519,000
- Priests
- 38
- Territory
- 32,000 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
- Archbishop
- Manuel Felipe Diaz Sanchez
- Born
- 5 March 1955
- Birthplace
- Araure
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The cathedral
All Saints Cathedral stands in Calabozo, 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.
History
Calabozo, Venezuela, is home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo (Latin: Archidioecesis Calabocensis), which remained a diocese until 1995.