Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabimas (original) (raw)
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Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela
| Diocese of Cabimas__Dioecesis Cabimensis_ | |
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 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| Ecclesiastical province | Maracaibo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,342 km2 (3,607 sq mi) |
| Population- Total- Catholics | (as of 2004)797,560739,380 (92.7%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 23 July 1965 (59 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín |
| Bishops emeritus | William Enrique Delgado Silva |
| Map | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabimas (Latin: Dioecesis Cabimensis) is a diocese located in the city of Cabimas in the ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo in Venezuela.
On 23 July 1965 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Cabimas from the Archdiocese of Maracaibo.
- Constantino Maradei Donato † (23 July 1965 – 18 November 1969) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
- Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa † (31 March 1970 – 26 October 1984) Appointed, Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
- Roberto Lückert León † (27 April 1985 – 21 July 1993) Appointed, Bishop of Coro
- Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (12 March 1994 – 30 December 2004) Appointed, Bishop of Los Teques
- William Enrique Delgado Silva (26 July 2005 – 14 September 2018)[1]
- Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín (29 January 2019 – present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
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- Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas, appointed Bishop of Machiques in 2019
- Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 14.09.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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