Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Venetiola | |
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Location | |
Country | Venezuela |
Ecclesiastical province | Valencia in Venezuela |
Statistics | |
Area | 14,800 km2 (5,700 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 268,654 258,090 (96.1%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 16 May 1972 (52 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Polito Rodríguez Méndez |
Bishops emeritus | Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of San Carlos in the ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela in Venezuela.
On 16 May 1972 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela from Diocese of Valencia.
Province of Barquisimeto | |
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Province of Calabozo | |
Province of Caracas | |
Province of Ciudad Bolívar | |
Province of Coro | |
Province of Cumaná | |
Province of Maracaibo | |
Province of Mérida | |
Province of Valencia en Venezuela | |
Sui iuris jurisdictions | |