Diocese of San Felipe
Sancti Philippi in Venetiola
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Felipe, Venezuela
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 October 1966
- Latin
- Sancti Philippi in Venetiola
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Presentación
- Annuario code
- 001002890
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 506,000
- Population
- 590,000
- Catholic share
- 85.8%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 14,457
- Extent
- 7,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 71
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
- Ruben Gregorio Delgado Carmona
- Born
- 16 March 1964
- Birthplace
- Trujillo
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 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.
The province of Barquisimeto
A suffragan of Barquisimeto.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BarquisimetoBarquisimeto
- Diocese of Acarigua-AraureAcarigua-Araure
- Diocese of CaroraCarora
- Diocese of GuanareGuanare
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Curia Diocesana, 8ª Av. entre calle 9 y Av. Caracas, San Felipe 3201-A, Edo. Yaracuy, Venezuela
- Telephone
- [0254]231.23.12; 231.40.50
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].