Diocese of Barinas Dioecesis Barinensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Venezuela |
Ecclesiastical province | Mérida |
Statistics | |
Area | 35,200 km2 (13,600 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 647,000 609,000 (94.1%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 23 July 1965 (58 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar, Barinas |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, OFMCap |
Bishops emeritus | Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barinas ( Latin: Dioecesis Barinensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese, in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida, in western Venezuela's land-locked Barinas state.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian catedral de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar, located in the eponymous state capital Barinas.
8°37′54″N 70°12′35″W / 8.6317°N 70.2098°W