Suffragan diocese Machiques, Venezuela
Diocese of Machiques
Machiquesen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in western Zulia state, Venezuela, along the Colombian border, with its see at Machiques. Established 26 May 1943 as an apostolic vicariate by Pope Pius XII and elevated to a full diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 9 April 2011; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maracaibo. Its cathedral is the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Machiques.
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- Established
- 1943
- Catholics
- 282,000
- Priests
- 17
- Territory
- 25,350 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
- Nicolas Gregorio Nava Rojas
- Born
- 8 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Maracaíbo
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The cathedral
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral stands in Machiques, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo in Venezuela lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Machiques, known in Latin as Dioecesis Machiquesensis.
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