Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona in Venezuela

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona (Latin: Dioecesis Barcinonensis in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of Barcelona in the Ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela.

Diocese of Barcelona Dioecesis Barcinonensis in Venetiola
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Cumaná
Statistics
Area	43,000 km^2 (17,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006) 1,909,000 1,785,000 (93.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	7 June 1954 (66 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Cristóbal
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón
Bishops emeritus	César Ramón Ortega Herrera
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On Thursday, 11 July 2014, the Vatican web site's online daily news bulletin, in the listing of resignations and appointments, stated that Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, who had been serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita, as the Bishop-designate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona.[1]

History

On 7 June 1954 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Barcelona from the Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar.

On 31 May 2018 from this Diocese was split off the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Tigre by Pope Francis.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• José Humberto Paparoni † (4 Oct 1954 - 1 Oct 1959)
• Angel Pérez Cisneros † (23 May 1960 - 18 Jun 1969) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida
• Constantino Maradei Donato † (18 Nov 1969 - 16 Nov 1991)
• Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. † (16 Nov 1991 - 21 Jun 1997)
• César Ramón Ortega Herrera (15 Jul 1998 – 20 Jan 2014)
• Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón (11 Jul 2014 - )

Auxiliary bishop

• José Manuel Romero Barrios (2012-2018), appointed Bishop of El Tigre

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

References

1. http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/11/0513/01148.html

External links

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