Metropolitan see Cumaná, Venezuela
Archdiocese of Cumaná
Cumanen(sis)
Latin Church
Cumaná is a metropolitan archdiocese in northeastern Venezuela, founded as a diocese in 1922 and elevated to archdiocese in 1992, with suffragans Barcelona, Carúpano, El Tigre, and Margarita. Its archbishop since 2025 is Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín. Note: this see is an archdiocese, not a diocese.
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- Established
- 1922
- Catholics
- 616,271
- Priests
- 30
- Territory
- 6,152 km²
Parishes and churches
25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Corazón de JesúsCumaná · CathedralView parish
- Santa InésCumaná · CathedralView parish
- Cristo ResucitadoCumanáView parish
- Jesús de la MisericordiaEl PeñonView parish
- María AuxiliadoraCocollarView parish
- Nuestra Señora de ChiquinquiráCumanáView parish
- Nuestra Señora de CoromotoCumanáView parish
- Nuestra Señora de FátimaCumanáView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la CandelariaArenalView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las Aguas SantasArayaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesSanta FeView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenCumanáView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioMarigüitarView parish
- Nuestra Señora del ValleCumanáView parish
- San AgustínCasanayView parish
- San BaltazarCumanacoaView parish
- San Felipe ApóstolCariacoView parish
- San JoséCumanáView parish
- San Luis GonzagaCumanáView parish
- San Vicente de PaúlCumanáView parish
- Santa AnaCumanáView parish
- Santa Antonio de PaduaSan Antonio del GolfoView parish
- Santa María de la EsperanzaCumanáView parish
- Santa Rosa de LimaCumanáView parish
- Santísimo SacramentoCumanáView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín
- Born
- 30 May 1965
- Birthplace
- Puerto Ordaz
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The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana del Corazón de Jesús stands in Cumaná, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Basílica Concatedral de Santa Inés.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Cumaná, a city in Venezuela, is home to a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church that carries its name, the Archdiocese of Cumaná, or in Latin, Archidioecesis Cumanensis.