The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná ( la, Archidioecesis Cumanensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Cumaná in Venezuela.

History

On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Cumaná from the Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana.

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elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 16 May 1992.

Bishops

Ordinaries

*Sixto Sosa Díaz † (16 Jun 1923 – 29 May 1943) *Crisanto Darío Mata Cova † (21 Oct 1949 – 30 Apr 1966) Appointed, Archbishop of

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*Mariano José Parra León † (30 Nov 1966 – 12 Mar 1987) *Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa † (12 Mar 1987 – 17 Sep 2001) * Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez (27 Mar 2002 – 24 May 2018) * Jesús González de Zárate Salas (24 May 2018 – present)

Auxiliary bishops

* Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco (1937-1939), appointed Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela *

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(1939-1954), appointed Bishop of Guanare *

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(1997-2000), appointed Bishop of Carúpano

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría, appointed Bishop of Maturín in 1958 *

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar in 1963 * Mariano José Parra Sandoval, appointed Bishop of San Fernando de Apure in 1994

Suffragan dioceses

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Sources

Roman Catholic dioceses in Venezuela Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cumaná Christian organizations established in 1922 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1922 establishments in Venezuela Cumaná {{SouthAm-RC-diocese-stub