Suffragan diocese El Tigre, Venezuela
Diocese of El Tigre
Tigren(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 2018
- Catholics
- 350,225
- Priests
- 7
- Territory
- 22,978 km²
Parishes and churches
17 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia Catedral Nuestra Señora del ValleEl Tigre · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia Civil CachipoCachipoView parish
- Parroquia Civil San TomeSan ToméView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Coromoto y San AntonioEl TigreView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de FátimaEl TigreView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la SoledadMunicipio IndependenciaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesEl TigreView parish
- Parroquia San Francisco de AsísEl TigreView parish
- Parroquia San JoséSan José de GuanipaView parish
- Parroquia San Juan BautistaMunicipio Pedro María FreitesView parish
- Parroquia San Pedro ApóstolMunicipio José Gregorio MonagasView parish
- Parroquia Santa ClaraEl TigreView parish
- Parroquia Santa Rosalía de PalermoMunicipio José Gregorio MonagasView parish
- Parroquia Santiago ApóstolEl TigreView parish
- Parroquia Santo Cristo de los MilagrosMunicipio Francisco de MirandaView parish
- Parroquia Santísimo SacramentoSan José de GuanipaView parish
- Vicaría Parroquial San AgustínEl TigreView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jose Manuel Romero Barrios
- Born
- 9 April 1955
- Birthplace
- Pariaguán
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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.
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.