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Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Zulia | |||
28 July 1897 | Erected | Diocese of Mérida | Diocese of Zulia (erected) |
11 June 1923 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Zulia (from Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela) | |
26 May 1943 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Zulia (Paez, Perijà, northern part of Mara, and part of Colon) | Vicariate Apostolic of Machiques (erected) |
Diocese of Maracaibo | |||
2 January 1953 | Name Changed | Diocese of Zulia | Diocese of Maracaibo |
23 July 1965 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Maracaibo (Miranda, Bolivar, Baralt, and Sucre within Zulia) | Diocese of Cabimas (erected) |
Archdiocese of Maracaibo | |||
30 April 1966 | Elevated | Diocese of Maracaibo | Archdiocese of Maracaibo |
7 July 1994 | Territory Lost | Diocese 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) |
28 January 1995 | Territory Added | Vicariate Apostolic of Machiques (Páez and Northern part of Mara along with Gonzalo Antonio) | Archdiocese of Maracaibo |
28 January 1995 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Maracaibo (Parts of Encontrados and Udón Pérez) | Vicariate Apostolic of Machiques |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Diocese of Zulia | ||||||||||||
1949 | 286,000 | 290,000 | 98.6% | 29 | 20 | 49 | 5,836 | 34 | 150 | 21 | ap1951 | |
Diocese of Maracaibo | ||||||||||||
Archdiocese of Maracaibo | ||||||||||||
1966 | 620,000 | 650,000 | 95.4% | 44 | 88 | 132 | 4,696 | 120 | 318 | 31 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 760,000 | 800,000 | 95.0% | 48 | 94 | 142 | 5,352 | 141 | 320 | 43 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 950,000 | 1,100,000 | 86.4% | 35 | 76 | 111 | 8,558 | 104 | 178 | 50 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 815,000 | 865,000 | 94.2% | 36 | 84 | 120 | 6,791 | 98 | 300 | 51 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 1,415,000 | 1,505,000 | 94.0% | 45 | 80 | 125 | 11,320 | 92 | 295 | 55 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 1,747,000 | 2,083,785 | 83.8% | 79 | 63 | 142 | 12,302 | 4 | 92 | 296 | 60 | ap2000 |
2000 | 1,785,000 | 2,100,000 | 85.0% | 69 | 61 | 130 | 13,730 | 4 | 91 | 300 | 60 | ap2001 |
2001 | 1,785,000 | 2,100,000 | 85.0% | 72 | 61 | 133 | 13,421 | 4 | 91 | 300 | 60 | ap2002 |
2002 | 1,785,000 | 2,100,000 | 85.0% | 75 | 61 | 136 | 13,125 | 4 | 91 | 300 | 60 | ap2003 |
2003 | 1,625,415 | 1,888,000 | 86.1% | 73 | 55 | 128 | 12,698 | 4 | 83 | 273 | 66 | ap2004 |
2004 | 1,863,690 | 2,006,757 | 92.9% | 71 | 50 | 121 | 15,402 | 7 | 71 | 275 | 65 | ap2005 |
2013 | 2,161,000 | 2,329,000 | 92.8% | 65 | 58 | 123 | 17,569 | 20 | 72 | 204 | 64 | ap2014 |
2016 | 2,252,454 | 2,427,826 | 92.8% | 90 | 31 | 121 | 18,615 | 19 | 47 | 208 | 68 | ap2017 |
2019 | 2,340,800 | 2,523,100 | 92.8% | 85 | 26 | 111 | 21,088 | 27 | 33 | 90 | 69 | ap2020 |
2021 | 2,398,440 | 2,585,150 | 92.8% | 71 | 16 | 87 | 27,568 | 12 | 20 | 90 | 73 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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