Metropolitan see Coro, Venezuela
Archdiocese of Coro
Coren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Falcon state, western Venezuela, with its see at Santa Ana de Coro, site of the first diocese erected in Venezuela (21 June 1531 by Pope Clement VII). The modern diocese was established 12 October 1922 and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese in 1998, with Punto Fijo as its suffragan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Ann (Catedral Basilica de Santa Ana).
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- Established
- 1531
- Catholics
- 458,000
- Priests
- 47
- Territory
- 21,760 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Victor Hugo Basabe
- Born
- 17 December 1961
- Birthplace
- Bobures
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The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of St. Ann stands in Coro, 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
Western Venezuela is home to the Archdiocese of Coro (Latin: Archidioecesis Corensis), a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its cathedral, the Catedral Basílica de Santa Ana, holds the rank of minor basilica and stands in the city of (Santa Ana de) Coro, capital of Falcón State, which has been designated a World Heritage Site ("Coro and its port La Vela"). A second minor basilica, the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de El Carrizal, is found in La Vela de Coro.