Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona

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Diocese of Barcelona
Dioecesis Barcinonensis in Venetiola
Statistics
Country: Venezuela
Metropolitan: Cumaná
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 43,000 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
1,909,000 (2006)
1,785,000 (93.5%)
Cathedral: Catedral de San Cristóbal
Ordinaries
Bishop: César Ramón Ortega Herrera

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona {Latin: Barcinonen(sis) in Venetiola} is a diocese located in the city of Barcelona in the Ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela.

[edit] History

  • June 7, 1954: Established as Diocese of Barcelona from the Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Barcelona (Roman rite)
    • Bishop César Ramón Ortega Herrera (1998.07.15 – present)
    • Bishop César Ramón Ortega Herrera (Apostolic Administrator 1997.06.21 – 1998.07.15)
    • Bishop Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. (1991.11.16 – 1997.06.21)
    • Bishop Constantino Maradei Donato (1969.11.18 – 1991.11.16)
    • Archbishop Angel Pérez Cisneros (1960.05.23 – 1969.07.25)
    • Bishop José Humberto Paparoni (1954.10.04 – 1959.10.01)

[edit] References

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