Suffragan diocese San Carlos de Venezuela, Venezuela
Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela
Sancti Caroli in Venetiola
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering Cojedes state, Venezuela, with its see at San Carlos. Erected 16 May 1972 by Pope Paul VI from the Diocese of Valencia; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela. Its cathedral is the Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion.
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- Established
- 1972
- Catholics
- 258,090
- Priests
- 31
- Territory
- 14,800 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
- Alexander Rivera Vielma
- Born
- 6 March 1974
- Birthplace
- Mérida
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The cathedral
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion stands in San Carlos de Venezuela, 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
Seated in the city of San Carlos, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Venetiola) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela.