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Diocese of Carúpano

Dioecesis Carupaensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4 April 2000
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cumaná
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Square Kilometers: 5,818 (2,247 Square Miles)
  • Description: Bermúdez, Arismendi, Benítez, Valdez, Mariño, Andrés Mata, Cajigal, and Libertador
  • Mailing Address: Callejon Santa Rosa 3, Carupano 6124, Edo. Sucre, Venezuela
  • Telephone: (0294)332.24.79

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4 April 2000ErectedArchdiocese of Cumaná (Bermúdez, Arismendi, Benítez, Valdez, Marino, Andrés Mata, Cajigal, and Libertador) Diocese of Carúpano (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
2000389,000399,89297.3%1251722,88252212ap2001
2001395,093415,88795.0%1241624,69341819ap2002
2002415,963418,88799.3%1231527,73032019ap2003
2003424,282427,26399.3%1531823,57131320ap2004
2004429,107432,14799.3%1742120,43341720ap2005
2006435,000440,40098.8%1531824,16631920ap2007
2013483,000489,00098.8%202024,1501323ap2014
2016503,812509,89498.8%3113215,74411321ap2017
2019523,700530,00098.8%252520,94822ap2020
2021536,560543,00098.8%272719,872424ap2022

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 92, Page 618, and Page 619

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