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Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia

Dioecesis Vigilantis-Sancti Caroli Zuliensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 7 July 1994
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Maracaibo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Square Kilometers: 8,057 (3,112 Square Miles)
  • Description: Alberto Adriani, Bishop Ramos de Lora, Caracciolo Parra y Olmedo, Tulio Febres Cordero, Justo Briceño, Julio César Salas (in Mérida) and Colón, Francisco Javier Pulgar, and Sucre (in Zulia)
  • Mailing Address: Calle 7, Barrio La Inmaculada, destras de la Catedral, El Vigia, Edo. Merida, Venezuela
  • Telephone: (0275)881.24.29

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
7 July 1994ErectedDiocese of Cabimas (Sucre)
Archdiocese of Maracaibo (Colón)
Archdiocese of Mérida (Alberto Adriani, Obispo Ramos de Lora, Caracciolo Parra y Olmedo, Tulio Febres Cordero, Justo Briceño, and Julio César Salas)
Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999323,000340,00095.0%1732016,15033518ap2000
2000323,000340,00095.0%1732016,15033518ap2001
2001411,740457,48990.0%222218,7153517ap2002
2002353,596364,53297.0%272713,0963821ap2004
2004357,130368,17697.0%303011,9043822ap2005
2006369,263381,00096.9%333311,1892426ap2007
2013420,000426,00098.6%303014,00031528ap2014
2016438,000462,26794.8%323213,6871728ap2017
2019424,138546,40577.6%414110,3441930ap2020
2021434,350559,84077.6%373711,7391532ap2022

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 86, Page 932, and Page 933

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