Suffragan diocese Punto Fijo, Venezuela
Diocese of Punto Fijo
Punctifixen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese on the Paraguana peninsula of Falcon state, western Venezuela, with its see at Punto Fijo. Erected 12 July 1997 by Pope John Paul II from the Diocese of Coro; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Coro. Its cathedral is the Catedral Nuestra Senora de Coromoto.
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- Established
- 1997
- Catholics
- 252,954
- Priests
- 30
- Territory
- 3,405 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
- Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz
- Born
- 31 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Mérida
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora de Coromoto stands in Punto Fijo, 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
In western Venezuela, the city of Punto Fijo hosts a Roman Catholic diocese bearing the Latin name Dioecesis Punctifixensis, a member of the ecclesiastical province of Coro.