The Cathedral of the Divine Shepherdess or Tucupita Cathedral ( es, Catedral de la Divina Pastora de Tucupita) is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and serves as the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita (''Vicariatus Apostolicus Tucupitensis'') created on July 30, 1954, by bull ''Crescit in dies'' of Pope Pius XII, and it works in the city of

Tucupita Tucupita () is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro. Geography Delta Amacuro consists almost entirely of the swampy Orinoco River delta. Tucupita is hot and humid, and lies well into the delta on the Caño Manamo river (o ...

Delta Amacuro Delta Amacuro State ( es, Estado Delta Amacuro, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, and is the location of the Orinoco Delta. The Paria Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean are found to the north, Bolívar State is found to the south, the Atlantic ...

state capital at the eastern end of the South American country of

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

. It is specifically located between Marino, La Paz and Arismendi Avenue streets. It is dedicated to the

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

under the title (as the mother of the

Good Shepherd The Good Shepherd ( el, ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, ''poimḗn ho kalós'') is an image used in the pericope of , in which Jesus Christ is depicted as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. Similar imagery is used in Psalm 23 ...

), which is, together with the Virgin of Coromoto, one of the most famous Marian titles in Venezuela. Although the processions of the Divine Shepherdess usually occur in Lara state in western central Venezuela, the cathedral of the city is dedicated to the Virgen del Carmen, while Tucupita choose to honor the Divine Shepherdess, one of the symbols Catholicism in Venezuela. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is under the pastoral care of Bishop José Romero Ernesto Rivas. The internal space is 1,352 sqm (52 m long by 26 m wide) with 2 towers and a maximum height of 32 meters. Its construction began in 1957 and would not be completed until 1982.

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