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Diocese of Valle de la Pascua

Dioecesis Vallispaschalensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 July 1992
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Calabozo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Square Kilometers: 37,000 (14,291 Square Miles)
  • Description: Infante, Chaguaramas, Las Mercedes del Llano, El Socorro, José Félix Rivas, Pedro Zaraza, José Tadeo Monagas, San José de Guaribe, and Santa María de Ipire
  • Mailing Address: Calle Espana 1, Urb. Guamachal, Quinta "Villa de la Paz", Valle de la Pascua 2307, Edo. Guarico, Venezuela
  • Telephone: (0235)3422.411
  • Fax: 3422.344

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 July 1992ErectedDiocese of Calabozo (Monagas, Ribas, Infante, and Zaraza) Diocese of Valle de la Pascua (erected)
17 June 1995Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Valle de la Pascua (from Ciudad Bolívar)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999318,000320,25099.3%1241619,87542825ap2000
2000242,000350,00069.1%1241615,12543023ap2001
2001242,000350,00069.1%1441813,44443023ap2002
2002352,000360,00097.8%1341720,70543124ap2003
2003352,000360,00097.8%1441819,55543125ap2004
2004352,000360,00097.8%1441819,55543125ap2005
2010389,000396,00098.2%2743112,548142128ap2011
2014412,000420,00098.1%2542914,206381632ap2015
2017429,390437,61098.1%2743113,851442336ap2018
2020443,350453,00097.9%2522716,420422731ap2021

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 84, Page 1,053, to Page 1,055
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 825, and Page 826

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