Suffragan diocese Margarita, Venezuela
Diocese of Margarita
Margariten(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering Nueva Esparta state (the islands of Margarita, Coche and Cubagua), Venezuela, with its see at La Asuncion on Isla Margarita. Erected 18 July 1969 by Pope Paul VI from the Diocese of Cumana; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cumana. Its cathedral is the Catedral Nuestra Senora de La Asuncion.
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- Established
- 1969
- Catholics
- 335,815
- Priests
- 28
- Territory
- 1,050 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Fernando Jose Castro Aguayo
- Born
- 29 July 1951
- Birthplace
- Caracas
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora de La Asuncion stands in Margarita, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
The island of Isla Margarita is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita, known in Latin as Dioecesis Margaritensis, which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela.