Suffragan diocese Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
Civitatis Guayanen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1979
- Catholics
- 765,000
- Priests
- 42
- Territory
- 53,596 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 Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza
- Born
- 26 January 1966
- Birthplace
- Niquitao
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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.
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.