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Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela

Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Venetiola



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 16 May 1972
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Square Kilometers: 14,800 (5,716 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Calle Carabobo con Calle Madariaga 11-10, 2201 San Carlos, Edo. Cojedes, Venezuela
  • Telephone: (0258)4332.574
  • Fax: 4337.666

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
16 May 1972ErectedDiocese of Valencia en Venezuela (Estado, Cojedes) Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197692,41494,35197.9%64109,2415510ap1977
1980117,000119,97397.5%95148,3576410ap1981
1990182,340185,41598.3%1241611,396161712ap1991
1999245,321256,92395.5%1472111,681131716ap2000
2000248,310259,42695.7%1412269,550132417ap2001
2001255,303265,83796.0%1512279,455132517ap2002
2003346,086368,17694.0%292911,9343821ap2004
2004258,090268,65496.1%12112311,221121619ap2005
2010305,000314,00097.1%17102711,2961112519ap2011
2014325,000334,00097.3%12102214,7722142019ap2015
2017333,000348,00095.7%18102811,89210152219ap2018
2020345,240361,32095.5%2293111,136691620ap2021
2022354,000370,00095.7%1882613,615681022ap2023

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 64, Page 541, and Page 542

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