Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona in Venezuela

Latin Catholic diocese in Venezuela

Diocese of Barcelona Dioecesis Barcinonensis in Venetiola

Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Cumaná
Statistics
Area	43,000 km (17,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,909,000 1,785,000 (93.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	7 June 1954 (70 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Cristóbal
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona in Venezuela (Latin: Dioecesis Barcinonensis in Venetiola) is located in the city of Barcelona in the ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela.

On Thursday, 11 July 2014, the Vatican web site's online daily news bulletin, in the listing of resignations and appointments, stated that Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, who had been serving as the Bishop of the Diocese of Margarita, as the Bishop-designate of the Diocese of Barcelona.

History

On 7 June 1954 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Barcelona from the Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar.

On 31 May 2018 from this Diocese was split off the Diocese of El Tigre by Pope Francis.

Bishops

Ordinaries

José Humberto Paparoni † (4 Oct 1954 - 1 Oct 1959)
Angel Pérez Cisneros † (23 May 1960 - 18 Jun 1969) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida
Constantino Maradei Donato † (18 Nov 1969 - 16 Nov 1991)
Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. † (16 Nov 1991 - 21 Jun 1997)
César Ramón Ortega Herrera (15 Jul 1998 – 20 Jan 2014)
Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón (11 Jul 2014 - )

Auxiliary bishop

José Manuel Romero Barrios (2012-2018), appointed Bishop of El Tigre

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-07-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

10°08′03″N 64°41′06″W / 10.1342°N 64.6851°W / 10.1342; -64.6851

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
Catholicism portal

This Venezuela-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in South America is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: