The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of San Cristóbal in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.
Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Ecclesiastical province | Mérida |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,500,000 1,250,000 (83.3%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 12 October 1922 (101 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de San Cristóbal |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez, elect |
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History edit
On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela from the Diocese of Mérida.
Special churches edit
Bishops edit
Ordinaries edit
- Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz (22 June 1923 – 6 July 1937)
- Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco (12 November 1939 – 23 April 1952) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas
- Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinico (23 April 1952 – 26 October 1984)
- Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa (26 October 1984 – 26 February 1998)
- Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (14 April 1999 – present)
Auxiliary Bishop edit
- Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez (2020-
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit
- José Léon Rojas Chaparro, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo in 1961
- José Hernán Sánchez Porras, appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military in 2000
- Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, appointed Bishop of Margarita in 2008
- Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 2016
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