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Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar

Archidioecesis Civitatis Bolivarensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 21 June 1958
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Square Kilometers: 109,769 (42,398 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Arzobispado, Apartado 43, Avda. Andres Eloy Blanco con Avda. Naiguata, Ciudad Bolivar 8001, Edo. Bolivar, Venezuela
  • Telephone: (0285)654.49.60

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Guayana
20 May 1790ErectedDiocese of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico) Diocese of Guayana (erected)
23 February 1818Territory LostDiocese of Guayana Vicariate Apostolic of Trinidad (erected)
4 March 1922Territory LostDiocese of Guayana Vicariate Apostolic of Caroní (erected)
12 October 1922Territory LostDiocese of Guayana Diocese of Cumaná (erected)
5 February 1932Territory LostDiocese of Guayana (Amazonas and La Urbana) Prefecture Apostolic of Alto Orinoco (erected)
Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar
2 January 1953Name ChangedDiocese of Guayana Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar
4 June 1954Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (La Urbana) Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar
7 June 1954Territory LostDiocese of Ciudad Bolívar (Anzoátegui) Diocese of Barcelona (erected)
24 May 1958Territory LostDiocese of Ciudad Bolívar (Monagas) Diocese of Maturín (erected)
Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar
21 June 1958ElevatedDiocese of Ciudad Bolívar Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar
20 August 1979Territory LostArchdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar (Caroni and Andrés Eloy Blanco in Piar) Diocese of Ciudad Guayana (erected)
25 March 1988Territory LostArchdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar (Par, Roscio, and Sifontes) Diocese of Ciudad Guayana

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Guayana
1950378,000385,00098.2%18123012,60030ap1951
Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar
Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar
1966235,800263,00089.7%2221435,483217521ap1967
1970305,000330,00092.4%2226486,354289627ap1971
1976373,000406,66591.7%2328517,3133710834ap1977
1980243,000269,76290.1%1813317,8383145127ap1981
1990300,000320,00093.8%1482213,63697016ap1991
1999380,000405,00093.8%17112813,571116323ap2000
2000460,750475,00097.0%18112915,887117023ap2001
2001487,000500,00097.4%21143513,914147023ap2002
2002487,000500,00097.4%20143414,323146724ap2003
2003490,000503,00097.4%19133215,312136924ap2004
2004500,000516,00096.9%22133514,285136624ap2005
2006547,000570,00096.0%19133217,0932135325ap2007
2013589,000621,00094.8%3394214,0232105623ap2014
2016614,306646,74495.0%3284015,357285325ap2017
2019622,000654,00095.1%2963517,7711114227ap2020
2021637,000670,00095.1%2553021,233293425ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Guayana
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 151
  • Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 45, Page 300
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 461, and Page 462
  • Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 211, to Page 213

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