Archdiocese of Maracaibo
Maracaiben(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Maracaibo, Venezuela
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Zulia state, Venezuela, with its see at Maracaibo. Erected as a diocese on 28 July 1897 and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 30 April 1966, its province includes the suffragan dioceses of Cabimas, El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia and Machiques. Its cathedral is the St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral (Catedral de San Pedro y San Pablo).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1897
- Latin
- Maracaiben(sis)
- Patron
- San Sebastián
- Annuario code
- 001002154
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,863,690
- Population
- 2,006,757
- Catholic share
- 92.9%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 21,178
- Extent
- 10,761 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 173
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
- Archbishop
- Jose Luis Azuaje Ayala
- Born
- 6 December 1957
- Birthplace
- Valera
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
St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral stands in Maracaibo, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CabimasCabimas
- Diocese of El Vigía-San Carlos del ZuliaEl Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia
- Diocese of MachiquesMachiques
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Maracaibo, Venezuela's second largest city with a population of approximately 2,800,000, is the seat of an archdiocese known in Latin as Archidioecesis Maracaibensis. Its territory takes in 10,761 square kilometers (4,156 square miles) of Zulia State. Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera has served as its Archbishop since November 2000.
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].