Suffragan diocese Carora, Venezuela
Diocese of Carora
Caroren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Lara state, Venezuela, with its see at Carora. Erected 25 July 1992 with territory split from the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Carora.
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- Established
- 1992
- Catholics
- 251,221
- Priests
- 29
- Territory
- 11,708 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera
- Born
- 4 July 1960
- Birthplace
- Carora
- Institute
- CHIERICI REGOLARI POVERI DELLA MADRE DI DIO DELLE SCUOLE PIE (SCOLOPI, PIARISTI)
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The cathedral
St. John the Baptist Cathedral stands in Carora, 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
On July 25, 1992, territory split from the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto became the Diocese of Carora (Latin: Caroren(sis)), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church seated in the city of Carora, within the ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto in Venezuela.