Diocese of Acarigua–Araure

Diocese of Acarigua–Araure

Dioecesis Acariguaruensi
Location
Country Venezuela
Ecclesiastical provinceBarquisimeto
Statistics
Area5,510 km2 (2,130 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2005)
  • 550,000
  • 485,000 (88.2%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 December 2002 (22 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de Nuestra Señora de la Corteza
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopVacant

The Diocese of Acarigua–Araure (Latin: Acariguaruen(sis)) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto in Venezuela.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Corteza, in the city of Acarigua.

History

On 27 December 2002, Pope John Paul II established as Diocese of Acarigua – Araure, on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guanare.

Episcopal ordinaries

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References

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