- Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
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 August 1979 – 26 May 1986) Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (13 January 1987 – 21 July 1990)
Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (2 May 1991 – 11 November 2000) Appointed, Archbishop of Maracaibo
Mariano José Parra Sandoval (10 July 2001 – 25 October 2016) Appointed, Archbishop of Coro
Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. (29 July 2017 – 19 March 2022)
= Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
=Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo in 2012
Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar, appointed Bishop of Acarigua-Araure in 2015
See also
Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
References
Sources
GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]
Diocese Website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
- Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, Ciudad Guayana
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar
- St. John Paul II Cathedral, Ciudad Guayana
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
- List of Catholic dioceses in Venezuela
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses in South America
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Maturín
- Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero
