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Diocese of Ciudad Guayana

Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis
Location
Country  Venezuela
Metropolitan Ciudad Bolívar
Statistics
Area53,596 km2 (20,694 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
850,000
765,000 (90.0%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established20 August 1979 (44 years ago)
Cathedral Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopVacant
Bishops emeritusJosé de Jesús Nuñez Viloria
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana ( Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ciudad Guayana in the ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela.

History

On 20 August 1979 Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of Ciudad Guayana from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (20 August 1979 – 26 May 1986) Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
  • José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (13 January 1987 – 21 July 1990)
  • Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (2 May 1991 – 11 November 2000) Appointed, Archbishop of Maracaibo
  • Mariano José Parra Sandoval (10 July 2001 – 25 October 2016) Appointed, Archbishop of Coro
  • Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. (29 July 2017 – 19 March 2022)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

See also

References

Sources

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