Archdiocese of Coro
Coren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Coro, Venezuela
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).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 June 1531
- Latin
- Coren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001216
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 458,000
- Population
- 529,000
- Catholic share
- 86.6%
- Extent
- 21,760 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 21
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
- Archbishop
- Victor Hugo Basabe
- Born
- 17 December 1961
- Birthplace
- Bobures
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
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.
The province of Coro
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Punto FijoPunto Fijo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Arzobispado, Apartado 7342, Calle Federación Esquina Calle Palmasola, 4101 Coro, Edo. Falcón, Venezuela
- Telephone
- [0268]251.88.68
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].