Diocese of Trujillo
Truxillen(sis) in Venetiola
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Trujillo, Venezuela
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 June 1957
- Latin
- Truxillen(sis) in Venetiola
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Paz
- Annuario code
- 001000002
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 677,062
- Population
- 712,697
- Catholic share
- 95.0%
- Priests
- 134
- Catholics per priest
- 5,053
- Extent
- 7,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 91
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
- Jose Trinidad Fernandez Angulo
- Born
- 24 May 1964
- 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 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.
The province of Merida
A suffragan of Merida.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarinasBarinas
- Diocese of GuasdualitoGuasdualito
- Diocese of San Cristóbal de VenezuelaSan Cristóbal de Venezuela
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].