Roman Catholic Diocese of La Guaira

Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela

Diocese of La Guaira Dioecesis Guairiensis

Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Caracas
Statistics
Area	1,497 km (578 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 325,000 295,750 (91.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	15 April 1970 (54 years ago)
Cathedral	St. Peter the Apostle Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vacant
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Guaira (Latin: Dioecesis Guairiensis) is a diocese located in the city of La Guaira in the ecclesiastical province of Caracas in Venezuela.

History

On 15 April 1970 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of La Guaira from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas.

Our Lady of Lourdes Pilgrimage

La Guaira is home to the oldest pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes in Latin America. The devotion began in 1884 when a Venezuelan priest, Fr Machado, returned from a pilgrimage to the original Lourdes grotto in France. He established a shrine in the mountain of El Ávila. Every year, with only very few exceptions, a 20 Km pilgrimage takes place along the Camiño de los Españoles, beginning in Puerto Caracas and ending in the church of St Sebastian, in Maiquetía.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce (1970.04.15 – 1972.12.05), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza (1973.10.02 – 2001.10.18)
José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo (2001.10.18 – 2011.10.12), appointed Bishop of Guanare
Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B. (2013.11.30 - 2024.07.28), appointed Archbishop of Caracas

Coadjutor bishop

Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo (1997-1999), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Margarita

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 2019

References

ACN (2024-02-07). "Venezuela marks 140 years of the first Lourdes pilgrimage in the Americas". ACN International. Retrieved 2024-04-26.

External links

10°36′04″N 66°55′53″W / 10.6012°N 66.9313°W / 10.6012; -66.9313

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: