Suffragan diocese La Guaira, Venezuela
Diocese of La Guaira
Guairien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of La Guaira is a Latin Church diocese on the Venezuelan coast, erected in 1970 from the Archdiocese of Caracas, to which it is suffragan. Its bishop since January 2025 is Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B.
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- Established
- 1970
- Catholics
- 295,750
- Priests
- 45
- Territory
- 1,497 km²
Parishes and churches
27 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San Pedro ApóstolLa Guaira · CathedralView parish
- Beata María de San JoséCatia la MarView parish
- Espíritu SantoCaraballedaView parish
- Inmaculado Corazón de MaríaMaiquetíaView parish
- María AuxiliadoraCatia la MarView parish
- Nuestra Señora de CoromotoGuaracarumboView parish
- Nuestra Señora de El ValleCatia la MarView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la CandelariaCaraballedaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la CandelariaTarmasView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las MercedesGran RoqueView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las MisericordiasCatia la MarView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenCatia la MarView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsLa PáezView parish
- San BartoloméMacutoView parish
- San Francisco de AsísNaiguatáView parish
- San Isidro LabradorLa PeñitaView parish
- San JoséLa SabanaView parish
- San JoséCarayacaView parish
- San José ObreroCatia la MarView parish
- San Martín de PorresMaiquetíaView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelCatia la MarView parish
- San Oscar Arnulfo RomeroMaiquetíaView parish
- San Pedro ApóstolMacutoView parish
- San SebastiánMaiquetíaView parish
- Santo Cristo de la MisericordiaPunta de MulatosView parish
- Santo Domingo de GuzmánCaraballedaView parish
- Santísima TrinidadMaiquetíaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pablo Modesto González Pérez
- Born
- 30 June 1959
- Birthplace
- San Antonio de Los Altos
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI)
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The cathedral
Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol stands in La Guaira, 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 city of La Guaira, within the ecclesiastical province of Caracas in Venezuela, sits the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Guaira (Latin: Dioecesis Guairiensis).