Diocese of Machiques
Machiquesen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Machiques, Venezuela
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1943
- Latin
- Machiquesen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002095
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 282,000
- Population
- 325,000
- Catholic share
- 86.8%
- Extent
- 25,350 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Nicolas Gregorio Nava Rojas
- Born
- 8 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Maracaíbo
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 Machiques, 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 Maracaibo
A suffragan of Maracaibo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MaracaiboMaracaibo
- Diocese of CabimasCabimas
- Diocese of El Vigía-San Carlos del ZuliaEl Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo in Venezuela lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Machiques, known in Latin as Dioecesis Machiquesensis.
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].