The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Venetiola ) is a
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associ ...
located in the city of
San Carlos in the
ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of sev ...
of
Valencia en Venezuela in Venezuela.
History
On 16 May 1972
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...
established the Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela from Diocese of Valencia.
Ordinaries
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Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero † (16 May 1972 – 20 Aug 1979) Appointed, Bishop of
Ciudad Guayana
Ciudad Guayana () (in English Guayana City) is a city in Bolívar State, Venezuela. It stretches 40 kilometers along the south bank of the Orinoco river, at the point where it is joined by its main tributary, the Caroní river. The Caroni cros ...
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Antonio Arellano Durán † (3 Jun 1980 – 27 Dec 2002)
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Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares
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People
Religious figures
* Elymas Bar-Jesus, a Jew in the ''Act ...
(27 Dec 2002 – 2014)
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Polito Rodríguez Méndez (8 Apr 2016)
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
The Catholic Church in Venezuela is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela comprises nine archdioceses, three vicariates, a military ordinariate, and two ...
Sources
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Venezuela
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Valencia en Venezuela
Christian organizations established in 1972
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1972 establishments in Venezuela
Roman Catholic diocese
As of October 5, 2021, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,171 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,248 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apos ...
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