Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela

Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola

Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Mérida
Statistics
Area	11,000 km (4,200 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,500,000 1,250,000 (83.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	12 October 1922 (102 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Cristóbal
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez
Auxiliary Bishops	Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez, elect
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of San Cristóbal in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.

History

On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela from the Diocese of Mérida.

Minor Basilicas:
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación, Táriba
- Basílica del Espíritu Santo, La Grita

Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz (22 June 1923 – 6 July 1937)
Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco (12 November 1939 – 23 April 1952) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas
Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinico (23 April 1952 – 26 October 1984)
Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa (26 October 1984 – 26 February 1998)
Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (14 April 1999 – present)

José Léon Rojas Chaparro, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo in 1961
José Hernán Sánchez Porras, appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military in 2000
Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, appointed Bishop of Margarita in 2008
Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 2016

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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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