Suffragan diocese Guanare, Venezuela
Diocese of Guanare
Guanaren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Portuguesa state, Venezuela, with its see at Guanare, home of the national Marian shrine of Our Lady of Coromoto. Erected 7 June 1954 by Pope Pius XII from territories of Barquisimeto and Calabozo; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Coromoto.
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- Established
- 1954
- Catholics
- 356,000
- Priests
- 30
- Territory
- 7,600 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Oswaldo Enrique Araque Valero
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The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Coromoto stands in Guanare, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto in Venezuela, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guanare (Latin: Dioecesis Guanarensis) has its seat in the city of Guanare.
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