The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná () is an

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located in the city of

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in Venezuela.

History

On 12 October 1922

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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 June 1923 – 29 May 1943) *Crisanto Darío Mata Cova (21 October 1949 – 30 April 1966) Appointed, Archbishop of

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*Mariano José Parra León (30 November 1966 – 12 March 1987) *Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa (12 March 1987 – 17 September 2001) * Diego Padrón (27 March 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 * Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia (1939-1954), appointed Bishop of Guanare * Eduardo Herrera Riera (1965-1966), appointed Bishop of Guanare * Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez (1997-2000), appointed Bishop of Carúpano

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría, appointed Bishop of Maturín in 1958 * Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez, 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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References

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