Diocese of Maracay Dioecesis Maracayensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Venezuela |
Ecclesiastical province | Valencia en Venezuela |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,014 km2 (2,708 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,588,749 1,382,083 (87.0%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 21 June 1958 (65 years ago) |
Cathedral | Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Enrique José Parravano Marino |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maracay ( Latin: Dioecesis Maracayensis) is a diocese located in the city of Maracay in the ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela in Venezuela.
On 21 June 1958 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Maracay from the Diocese of Calabozo and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas.