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Diocese of Cabimas

Dioecesis Cabimensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 23 July 1965
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Maracaibo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Square Kilometers: 9,345 (3,609 Square Miles)
  • Description: Miranda, Santa Rita, Cabimas, Simón Bolívar, Lagunillas, Valmore Rodríguez, and Baralt
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesisdecabimas.com
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Avenida Universidad 1, con Esquina Carretera "H" frente a Estudios Generales L.U.Z., Cabimas 4013, Edo. Zulia, Venezuela
  • Telephone: (0264)241.27.65; 241.10.63
  • Fax: 241.10.63

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
23 July 1965ErectedDiocese of Maracaibo (Miranda, Bolivar, Baralt, and Sucre within Zulia) Diocese of Cabimas (erected)
30 April 1966Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Cabimas (from Mérida)
7 July 1994Territory LostDiocese of Cabimas (Sucre)
Archdiocese of Maracaibo (Colón)
Archdiocese of Mérida (Alberto Adriani, Obispo Ramos de Lora, Caracciolo Parra y Olmedo, Tulio Febres Cordero, Justo Briceño, and Julio César Salas)
Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966280,000300,00093.3%1910299,655103315ap1967
1970345,000350,00098.6%3313467,500133518ap1971
1976410,000441,90092.8%2121429,761212822ap1977
1977430,000475,00090.5%18254310,000262424ap1981
1990559,000610,00091.6%26164213,3091181932ap1991
1999690,000716,00096.4%3294116,8292121331ap2000
2000698,000724,00096.4%2983718,8643101431ap2001
2001707,000737,00095.9%3093918,128391231ap2002
2002718,000765,00093.9%2983719,405381232ap2003
2003730,000785,00093.0%3284018,250591333ap2004
2004739,380797,56092.7%3183918,958691233ap2005
2006784,000834,00094.0%3394218,66619101233ap2007
2012854,000953,00089.6%4885615,2501791256ap2013
2013867,000968,00089.6%5686413,5461791256ap2014
2016904,0001,009,00089.6%4955416,74061245ap2017
2019897,7751,031,80087.0%4575217,264127642ap2020
2021919,8601,057,13587.0%4164719,571106642ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 346, to Page 348
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 788, and Page 789

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