Diocese of Guasdualito
Guasdualitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Guasdualito, Venezuela
Latin rite diocese in Apure state, southern Venezuela, with its see at Guasdualito. Erected 3 December 2015 by Pope Francis from territories of the dioceses of Barinas and San Fernando de Apure; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Merida. Its cathedral is the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral (Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 December 2015
- Latin
- Guasdualitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001545
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 281,340
- Population
- 314,460
- Catholic share
- 89.5%
- Extent
- 2,750 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 102
of the people living within its bounds
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 Magdaleno Alvarez Briceno
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
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral stands in Guasdualito, 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 Merida
A suffragan of Merida.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarinasBarinas
- Diocese of San Cristóbal de VenezuelaSan Cristóbal de Venezuela
- Diocese of TrujilloTrujillo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A young Latin Catholic diocese in southern Venezuela's land-locked Apure State, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guasdualito is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida in Venezuela. Its cathedral episcopal see, the Marian Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral (Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen), dedicated to the Virgin of Mercy, stands in Guasdualito, Apure.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].