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Diocese of Los Teques

Dioecesis Tequinensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 23 July 1965
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Square Kilometers: 2,295 (886 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Calle Guaicaipuro 115, Apartado 103, 1201 Los Teques, Edo. Miranda, Venezuela
  • Telephone: (0212)321.96.92; 321.71.33
  • Fax: 322.33.01

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
23 July 1965ErectedArchdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (Miranda (except Sucre)) Diocese of Los Teques (erected)
30 November 1996Territory LostDiocese of Los Teques (Acevedo, Andrés Bello, Brión, Buroz, Páez, Plaza, Pedro Guai, and Zamora) Diocese of Guarenas (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966260,740266,77497.7%3859972,68814314332ap1967
1970272,560302,84590.0%48581062,571857138ap1971
1976371,791379,37898.0%4934834,47917032538ap1977
1980425,000449,00094.7%5632884,82936430041ap1981
1990534,000593,00090.1%4550955,62137629649ap1991
1999985,0001,000,00098.5%37448112,160167928625ap2000
2000985,0001,000,00098.5%35447912,468148228626ap2001
20011,050,0001,156,00090.8%39195818,103148821630ap2002
20021,050,0001,200,00087.5%37215818,103157716532ap2003
20031,061,0001,261,00084.1%40216117,393156118433ap2004
20041,100,0001,300,00084.6%39216018,333155418132ap2005
20131,272,0001,515,00084.0%36225821,931264511333ap2014
20161,327,0001,579,00084.0%32245623,69634367433ap2017
20191,394,7501,659,61584.0%3294134,01832217133ap2020
20211,429,0001,700,36084.0%2783540,82833207133ap2022

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 58, Page 419, to Page 421

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