Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Venezuela From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Venezuela From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo (Latin: Archidioecesis Calabocensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Calabozo, Venezuela. It was a diocese until 1995.
Archdiocese of Calabozo Archidioecesis Calabocensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Venezuela |
Ecclesiastical province | Calabozo |
Statistics | |
Area | 32,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 560,000 519,000 (92.7%) |
Parishes | 24 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 7 March 1863 (161 years ago) |
Cathedral | All Saints Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez |
Map | |
The original diocese of Calabozo, embracing the section of Guárico and portions of the sections of Apure, Zamora, Portuguesa, Cojedes and Guzman Blanco, was created 7 March 1863 by Pius IX[1] as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela), and its first bishop was consecrated 30 October 1881. John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 17 June 1995.[2][3] As a metropolitan archdiocese, it has 2 suffragans:
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