Suffragan diocese Trujillo, Venezuela
Diocese of Trujillo
Truxillen(sis) in Venetiola
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering Trujillo state in the Venezuelan Andes, with its see at the city of Trujillo. Erected 4 June 1957 by Pope Pius XII from the Archdiocese of Merida, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Paz.
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- Established
- 1957
- Catholics
- 677,062
- Priests
- 134
- Territory
- 7,400 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
- Jose Trinidad Fernandez Angulo
- Born
- 24 May 1964
- Birthplace
- Mérida
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The cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Paz stands in Trujillo, 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
The city of Trujillo gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Truxillensis in Venetiola) that sits within the ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.