Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana

Diocese of Ciudad Guayana Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis
Location
Country	Venezuela
Metropolitan	Ciudad Bolívar
Statistics
Area	53,596 km2 (20,694 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 850,000 765,000 (90.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 August 1979 (42 years ago)
Cathedral	Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Bishops emeritus	José 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 Aug 1979 – 26 May 1986) Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
• José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (13 Jan 1987 – 21 Jul 1990)
• Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (2 May 1991 – 11 Nov 2000) Appointed, Archbishop of Maracaibo
• Mariano José Parra Sandoval (10 Jul 2001 – 25 Oct 2016) Appointed, Archbishop of Coro
• , O.S.A. (29 Jul 2017–present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

• , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo in 2012
• , appointed Bishop of Acarigua-Araure in 2015

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

References[]

Sources[]

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}
• Diocese Website

Coordinates: 8°17′48″N 62°43′20″W / 8.2966°N 62.7221°W / 8.2966; -62.7221

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