Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela
Sancti Caroli in Venetiola
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Carlos de Venezuela, Venezuela
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 May 1972
- Latin
- Sancti Caroli in Venetiola
- Patron
- Madre del Divino Pastor
- Annuario code
- 001002878
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 258,090
- Population
- 268,654
- Catholic share
- 96.1%
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 8,325
- Extent
- 14,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alexander Rivera Vielma
- Born
- 6 March 1974
- Birthplace
- Mérida
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Valencia en Venezuela
A suffragan of Valencia en Venezuela.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MaracayMaracay
- Diocese of Puerto CabelloPuerto Cabello
- Archdiocese of ValenciaValencia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].