Archdiocese of Calabozo
Calabocen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Calabozo, Venezuela
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 March 1863
- Latin
- Calabocen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario
- Annuario code
- 001001014
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 519,000
- Population
- 560,000
- Catholic share
- 92.7%
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 13,658
- Extent
- 32,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Manuel Felipe Diaz Sanchez
- Born
- 5 March 1955
- Birthplace
- Araure
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
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.
The province of Calabozo
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of San Fernando de ApureSan Fernando de Apure
- Diocese of Valle de la PascuaValle de la Pascua
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Calabozo, Venezuela, is home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo (Latin: Archidioecesis Calabocensis), which remained a diocese until 1995.
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].