The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela () is a

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located in the city of San Cristóbal in the

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of Mérida in Venezuela.

History

On 12 October 1922

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established the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela from the Diocese of Mérida.

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: **Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación,

Táriba Táriba is a town in Táchira (state), Táchira, Venezuela, and is the capital of the Cárdenas Municipality. It was founded in 1602. Táriba has a population of 128,590. It's located on the outsides of the city of San Cristóbal, Táchira, San C ...

**Basílica del Espíritu Santo,

La Grita La Grita is a town in the north west of Táchira state, Venezuela. It has a population of 80,000. Located in an Andean valley, La Grita has a beautiful natural setting and fertile land. The town includes colonial style houses and open plazas. ...

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz (22 June 1923 – 6 July 1937) * Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco (12 November 1939 – 23 April 1952) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of

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* Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinico (23 April 1952 – 26 October 1984) *

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(26 October 1984 – 26 February 1998) *

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(14 April 1999 – 14 December 2024) *

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(14 December 2024 – present)

Auxiliary Bishop

* Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez (2020-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* José Léon Rojas Chaparro, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo in 1961 * José Hernán Sánchez Porras, appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military in 2000 *

Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese . It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'' ...

, appointed Bishop of Margarita in 2008 * Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 2016

Sources

GCatholic.org

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