The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola) is a

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located in the city of San Cristóbal in the

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

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, 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. Like other Venezuelan cities, T� ...

**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. The ...

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) * Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa (26 October 1984 – 26 February 1998) *

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(14 April 1999 – 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 José Hernán Sánchez Porras (March 31, 1944 – October 13, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on June 25, 1967, Sánchez Porras was named bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Venezuela The Military Ordinariate ...

, appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military in 2000 *

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

Sources

GCatholic.org

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