Suffragan diocese San Felipe, Venezuela
Diocese of San Felipe
Sancti Philippi in Venetiola
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering Yaracuy state, Venezuela, with its see at San Felipe. Erected 7 October 1966 by Pope Paul VI from the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto and the Diocese of Valencia; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto. Its cathedral is the Catedral de San Felipe Apostol.
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- Established
- 1966
- Catholics
- 506,000
- Priests
- 35
- Territory
- 7,100 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
- Ruben Gregorio Delgado Carmona
- Born
- 16 March 1964
- Birthplace
- Trujillo
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The cathedral
Catedral de San Felipe Apostol stands in San Felipe, 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
From its seat in the city of San Felipe, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Philippi in Venetiola) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto in Venezuela.