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Diocese of Petare Dioecesis Petarensis
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Caracas
Statistics
Area	177 km (68 sq mi)
Population - Total	(as of 2021) 760,000
Parishes	23
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	16 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sweet Name of Jesus in Petare
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar

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

The diocese covers an area of the civil department of the municipality of Sucre, Miranda, and is made up of five civil parishes hitherto belonging to the metropolitan archdiocese of Caracas. It's divided into 23 parishes, having 57 priests and 5 seminarians all together as per 2021.

History

On 16 November 2021, Pope Francis established the Diocese of Petare, when it was split off from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas.

Ordinaries

• Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar (since 16 November 2021)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

References

1. "Erezione della Diocesi di Petare (Venezuela) e nomina del primo Vescovo". the Holy See Press Service (in Italian). 2021-11-18.

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