Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo

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Archdiocese of Calabozo

Archidioecesis Calabocensis
Location
Country Venezuela
Ecclesiastical provinceCalabozo
Statistics
Area32,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2006)
560,000
519,000 (92.7%)
Parishes24
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established7 March 1863 (158 years ago)
CathedralAll Saints Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopManuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez
Map
Arquidiócesis de Calabozo.svg

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo (Latin: Archidioecesis Calabocensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Calabozo, Venezuela. It was a diocese until 1995.

History[]

The then-Diocese of Calabozo, embracing the section of Guárico and portions of the sections of Apure, Zamora, Portuguesa, Cojedes and Guzman Blanco, was created 7 March 1863 by Pius IX[1] as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela), and its first bishop was consecrated 30 October 1881. John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 17 June 1995.[2][3] As a metropolitan archdiocese, it has 2 suffragans:

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

  • Salustiano Crespo † (4 Aug 1881 – 12 Jul 1888)
  • Felipe Neri Sendra (Sendrea) † (25 Sep 1891 – 9 May 1921)
  • Arturo Celestino Álvarez † (9 May 1921 – 8 Jan 1952)
  • Antonio Ignacio Camargo † (8 Jan 1952 – 2 Sep 1957) Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo
  • Domingo Roa Pérez † (3 Oct 1957 – 16 Jan 1961) Appointed, Bishop of Maracaibo
  • , C.I.M. † (16 Jan 1961 – 20 Aug 1979) Appointed, Archbishop of Mérida
  • Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M. (24 Mar 1980 – 27 Dec 2001)
  • Antonio José López Castillo (27 Dec 2001 – 22 Dec 2007) Appointed, Archbishop of Barquisimeto
  • (10 Dec 2008 – present)

Coadjutor bishops[]

  • † (1919-1921)
  • † (1949-1952)

Auxiliary bishops[]

See also[]

  • Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

References[]

  1. ^ "Calabozo". Catholic Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Calabozo". Catholic Hierarchy.[self-published source]
  3. ^ "Archdiocese of Calabozo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-19.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Coordinates: 8°56′03″N 67°25′39″W / 8.9342°N 67.4275°W / 8.9342; -67.4275


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