Suffragan diocese Maturín, Venezuela
Diocese of Maturín
Maturinen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Monagas state, eastern Venezuela, with its see at Maturin. Erected 24 May 1958 by Pope Pius XII from the Diocese of Ciudad Bolivar; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolivar. Its cathedral is the Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen in Maturin.
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- Established
- 1958
- Catholics
- 610,000
- Priests
- 35
- Territory
- 28,900 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
- Enrique Perez Lavado
- Born
- 19 April 1951
- Birthplace
- Maracaibo
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen stands in Maturín, 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
Centered on the city of Maturín, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Maturinensis) sits within the Venezuelan ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar.