Roman Catholic Diocese of Barinas

Diocese of Barinas Dioecesis Barinensis
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Mérida
Statistics
Area	35,200 km2 (13,600 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006) 647,000 609,000 (94.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	23 July 1965 (56 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar, Barinas
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishops emeritus

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-lockes 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.

History[]

• On 23 July 1965 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Barinas on territories split off from the Diocese of Calabozo and from their Metropolitan, Mérida in Venezuela.
• It lost territory on 3 December 2015 to establish (part of) the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guasdualito, in the same province.

Bishops[]

Episcopal ordinaries[]

Suffragan Bishops of Barinas

• (1965.07.23 – 1992.08.01)
• Antonio José López Castillo (1992.08.01 – 2001.12.27) ; previously Titular Bishop of Theuzi (1988.02.26 – 1992.08.01) & Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (1988.02.26 – 1992.08.01; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) (2001.12.27 – 2007.12.22), Metropolitan Archbishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (2007.12.22 – ...)
• (2002.07.16 – retired 2013.08.30), previously Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) (1994.07.05 – 2002.07.16); later Apostolic Administrator of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela) (2013.12 – 2015.08.10)
• (2013.08.30 – 2018.05.24), also Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2012.01.12 – ...); previously titular Bishop of Italica (1999.03.18 – 2006.07.15) & Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (1999.03.18 – 2006.07.15), Apostolic Administrator of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia (Venezuela) (2005 – 2006.07.15), promoted Bishop of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia (2006.07.15 – 2013.08.30); later Archbishop of Maracaibo 2018.05.24 - ...)
• , O.F.M. Cap. (2018.12.21 - ...), previously titular Bishop of Leptiminus (1995.12.06 - 2011.04.09) & Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (1995.12.06 - 2011.04.09), Bishop of Machiques (2011.04.09 - 2018.12.21)

Auxiliary bishops[]

• , S.D.B. (1981-1985), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
• (1986-1995), appointed Bishop of Guanare

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]

• , appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela in 2016

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

Sources and external links[]

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy^{[self-published source]}

Coordinates: 8°37′54″N 70°12′35″W / 8.6317°N 70.2098°W / 8.6317; -70.2098

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