Suffragan diocese Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Diocese of Puerto Cabello
Portus Cabellen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese on the Carabobo state coast of Venezuela, with its see at the port city of Puerto Cabello. Erected 5 July 1994 from the Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Catedral San Jose.
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- Established
- 1994
- Catholics
- 270,000
- Priests
- 20
- Territory
- 729 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
- Saul Figueroa Albornoz
- Born
- 23 October 1947
- Birthplace
- Caracas
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The cathedral
Catedral San Jose stands in Puerto Cabello, 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
The port city of Puerto Cabello is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Cabellensis) within the ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela.