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Metropolitan see Cumaná, Venezuela

Archdiocese of Cumaná

Cumanen(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Metropolitana del Corazón de Jesús, in Cumaná, Venezuela.

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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.

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.