Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
Civitatis Guayanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Latin rite diocese in Bolivar state, Venezuela, with its see at Ciudad Guayana. Erected 20 August 1979 by Pope John Paul II from the Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolivar, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 August 1979
- Latin
- Civitatis Guayanen(sis)
- Patron
- Inmaculada Concepción
- Annuario code
- 001001163
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 765,000
- Population
- 850,000
- Catholic share
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 18,214
- Extent
- 53,596 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Bishop
- Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza
- Born
- 26 January 1966
- Birthplace
- Niquitao
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
Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima stands in Ciudad Guayana, 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 Ciudad Bolivar
A suffragan of Ciudad Bolivar.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MaturínMaturín
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar lies the Diocese of Ciudad Guayana (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church seated in the city of Ciudad Guayana, 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].