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Diocese of San Felipe

Dioecesis Sancti Philippi in Venetiola



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 7 October 1966
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Barquisimeto
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Square Kilometers: 7,100 (2,742 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, 8a Av. entre calle 9 y Av. Caracas, San Felipe 3201-A, Edo. Yaracuy, Venezuela
  • Telephone: (0254)231.23.12; 231.40.50

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
7 October 1966ErectedArchdiocese of Barquisimeto
Diocese of Valencia en Venezuela
Diocese of San Felipe (erected) (State of Yaracuy)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966200,000.0%55015ap1967
1970227,646232,29198.0%2612385,990175821ap1971
1976275,500290,00095.0%255309,18388022ap1977
1980322,000339,00095.0%2172811,5003106825ap1981
1990412,000434,00094.9%2763312,48431710826ap1991
1999430,000500,00086.0%2643014,333145532ap2000
2000430,000500,00086.0%2643014,333145532ap2001
2001430,000500,00086.0%2643014,333145532ap2002
2002430,000500,00086.0%2843213,437145532ap2003
2003430,000500,00086.0%3043412,647145531ap2004
2004438,000500,00087.6%3353811,52656432ap2005
2010476,000554,00085.9%3123314,42436432ap2011
2014506,000590,00085.8%3323514,457536432ap2015
2017527,000614,00085.8%3223415,500545133ap2018
2020536,180624,48885.9%3513614,893535633ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 210, to Page 212

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