Diocese of El Tigre
Tigren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · El Tigre, Venezuela
Latin rite diocese in the south of Anzoategui state, Venezuela, with its see at El Tigre. Erected 31 May 2018 by Pope Francis when it was split off from the Diocese of Barcelona in Venezuela; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cumana and comprises 14 parishes.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 May 2018
- Latin
- Tigren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005082
The see in figures
- Population
- 406,050
- Extent
- 22,978 km²
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
- Bishop
- Jose Manuel Romero Barrios
- Born
- 9 April 1955
- Birthplace
- Pariaguán
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 in El Tigre stands in El Tigre, 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 Cumana
A suffragan of Cumana.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarcelonaBarcelona
- Diocese of CarúpanoCarúpano
- Diocese of MargaritaMargarita
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela, the Catholic Church maintains the Latin Church Diocese of El Tigre (Latin: Dioecesis Tigrensis). The city of El Tigre serves as its episcopal see, and the diocese is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of Cumaná.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Avenida Rotaria, al lado de la Quinta San Jose, El Tigre, Edo. Anzoategui, Venezuela
- Telephone
- [424]889.67.96
- [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].