Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Lara, Venezuela

Archdiocese of Barquisimeto Archidioecesis Barquisimetensis

Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Location
Country	Venezuela
Statistics
Area	8,590 km (3,320 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,754,410 1,142,504 (65.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	7 March 1863 (161 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	vacant

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto (Latin: Archidioecesis Barquisimetensis) is a Latin Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in northwestern Venezuela's Lara state.

History

Established on 7 March 1863 as Diocese of Barquisimeto, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Mérida (now Metropolitan)
Suppressed on 14 August 1867, its territory reassigned to the new, short-lived Diocese of Coro y Barquisimeto (in fact a see transfer to Coro)
Restored on 22 October 1869 as Diocese of Barquisimeto from that (suppressed) Diocese of Coro y Barquisimeto
Lost territory on 12 October 1922 to establish the Diocese of Coro and on 7 June 1954 to establish the Diocese of Guanare, its own suffragan
Promoted on 30 April 1966 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto.
Lost territory again to establish two more suffragans : on 7 October 1966 the Diocese of San Felipe and on 25 July 1922 the Diocese of Carora.

Special churches

Its cathedral episcopal see is the very modern Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Barquisimeto. There is also a Minor Basilica : Basílica el Santo Cristo de la Gracia, also in Barquisimeto.

Bishops

(all Roman rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Barquisimeto

Victor José Díez Navarrete (22 October 1869 – death 1893), previously Bishop of Coro y Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (1868.06.22 – 1869.10.22)
Gregorio Rodríguez y Obregón (21 May 1894 – death 1900)
Aguedo Felipe Alvarado Liscano (15 August 1910 – death 26 September 1926)
Enrique María Dubuc Moreno (26 September 1926 – 17 November 1947), previously Titular Bishop of Zaraï (25 May 1926 – 26 September 1926) & Coadjutor Bishop of Barquisimeto (25 May 1926 – 26 September 1926; emeritate as Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia (17 November 1947– death 22 June 1962)
Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel (21 October 1949 – 30 April 1966 see below)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Barquisimeto

Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel (see above 30 April 1966 – 18 October 1982), also President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (1972 – 1978)
Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela (18 October 1982 previously Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela) (5 April 1974 – 18 October 1982)
Antonio José López Castillo (22 December 2007 – 25 March 2020); previously Titular Bishop of Theuzi (26 February 1988 – 1 August 1992) & Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (26 February 1988 – 1 August 1992), Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela) (1 August 1992 – 27 December 2001), Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) (27 December 2001– 22 December 2007)

Coadjutor bishop

Enrique María Dubuc Moreno (1926)

Auxiliary bishops

Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce (1967–1970), appointed Bishop of La Guaira
Eduardo Herrera Riera (1970–1994), appointed Bishop of Carora
José Luis Azuaje Ayala (1999–2006), appointed Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cumaná in 1997

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archbishopric and the following Suffragan sees:

References

External links

Portals:

v t e Catholic dioceses in Venezuela
Province of Barquisimeto	Archdiocese of Barquisimeto Diocese of Acarigua–Araure Diocese of Carora Diocese of Guanare Diocese of San Felipe
Province of Calabozo	Archdiocese of Calabozo Diocese of San Fernando de Apure Diocese of Valle de la Pascua
Province of Caracas	Archdiocese of Caracas Diocese of Guarenas Diocese of La Guaira Diocese of Los Teques Diocese of Petare
Province of Ciudad Bolívar	Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar Diocese of Ciudad Guayana Diocese of Maturín
Province of Coro	Archdiocese of Coro Diocese of Punto Fijo
Province of Cumaná	Archdiocese of Cumaná Diocese of Barcelona Diocese of Carúpano Diocese of El Tigre Diocese of Margarita
Province of Maracaibo	Archdiocese of Maracaibo Diocese of Cabimas Diocese of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia Diocese of Machiques
Province of Mérida	Archdiocese of Mérida Diocese of Barinas Diocese of Guasdualito Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Diocese of Trujillo
Province of Valencia en Venezuela	Archdiocese of Valencia in Venezuela Diocese of Maracay Diocese of Puerto Cabello Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela
Sui iuris jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Venezuela Melkite Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita
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