The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona in Venezuela ( la, Dioecesis Barcinonensis in Venetiola) is located in the city of

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in the

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of Cumaná in

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. On Thursday, 11 July 2014, the Vatican web site's online daily news bulletin, in the listing of resignations and appointments, stated that

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had appointed Bishop

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, who had been serving as the Bishop of the Diocese of Margarita, as the Bishop-designate of the Diocese of Barcelona.

History

On 7 June 1954 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Barcelona from the Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar. On 31 May 2018 from this Diocese was split off the Diocese of El Tigre by Pope Francis.

Bishops

Ordinaries

*José Humberto Paparoni † (4 Oct 1954 - 1 Oct 1959) *Angel Pérez Cisneros † (23 May 1960 - 18 Jun 1969) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida *Constantino Maradei Donato † (18 Nov 1969 - 16 Nov 1991) *Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. † (16 Nov 1991 - 21 Jun 1997) *

César Ramón Ortega Herrera César Ramón Ortega Herrera (16 July 1938 – 8 April 2021) was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic bishop. Ortega Herrera was born in Venezuela and was ordained to the priesthood in 1963. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarit ...

(15 Jul 1998 – 20 Jan 2014) *

(11 Jul 2014 - )

Auxiliary bishop

* José Manuel Romero Barrios (2012-2018), appointed Bishop of El Tigre

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