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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto

Coordinates: 10°04′25″N 69°19′17″W / 10.0737°N 69.3214°W / 10.0737; -69.3214
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Archdiocese of Barquisimeto

Archidioecesis Barquisimetensis
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Location
Country Venezuela
Statistics
Area8,590 km2 (3,320 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,754,410
1,142,504 (65.1%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established7 March 1863 (161 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Archbishopvacant

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto (Latin: Archidioecesis Barquisimetensis) is a Latin Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in northwestern Venezuela's Lara state.

History

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  • Established on 7 March 1863 as Diocese of Barquisimeto, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Mérida (now Metropolitan)
  • Suppressed on 14 August 1867, its territory reassigned to the new, short-lived Diocese of Coro y Barquisimeto (in fact a see transfer to Coro)
  • Restored on 22 October 1869 as Diocese of Barquisimeto from that (suppressed) Diocese of Coro y Barquisimeto
  • Lost territory on 12 October 1922 to establish the Diocese of Coro and on 7 June 1954 to establish the Diocese of Guanare, its own suffragan
  • Promoted on 30 April 1966 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto.
  • Lost territory again to establish two more suffragans : on 7 October 1966 the Diocese of San Felipe and on 25 July 1922 the Diocese of Carora.

Special churches

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Its cathedral episcopal see is the very modern Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Barquisimeto. There is also a Minor Basilica : Basílica el Santo Cristo de la Gracia, also in Barquisimeto.

Bishops

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(all Roman rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

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Suffragan Bishops of Barquisimeto
Metropolitan Archbishops of Barquisimeto

Coadjutor bishop

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Auxiliary bishops

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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Province

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Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archbishopric and the following Suffragan sees:

See also

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References

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10°04′25″N 69°19′17″W / 10.0737°N 69.3214°W / 10.0737; -69.3214