Suffragan diocese Carúpano, Venezuela
Diocese of Carúpano
Carupaen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese on the Paria peninsula coast of Sucre state, Venezuela, with its see at Carupano. Erected 4 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II from the Archdiocese of Cumana, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is St. Rose of Lima Cathedral in Carupano.
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- Established
- 2000
- Catholics
- 429,107
- Priests
- 31
- Territory
- 5,638 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
- Jaime Villarroel Rodriguez
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The cathedral
St. Rose of Lima Cathedral stands in Carúpano, 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
Seated in the city of Carúpano, within the ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela, the Diocese of Carúpano (Latin: Dioecesis Carupaensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church.