Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita

Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela

Diocese of Margarita Dioecesis Margaritensis


Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Cumaná
Statistics
Area	1,050 km² (410 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 398,712 335,815 (84.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	18 July 1969 (54 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Fernando José Castro Aguayo
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita (Latin: Dioecesis Margaritensis) is a diocese located on the island of Isla Margarita in the ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela.

History

On 18 July 1969 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Margarita from the Diocese of Cumaná.^[1]^[2]

Special churches

Cathedral:
- Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción
Minor Basilicas:
- Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora de El Valle, El Valle del Espíritu Santo

Ordinaries

Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza † (18 Jun 1969 – 2 Oct 1973) Appointed, Bishop of La Guaira
Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela (5 Apr 1974 – 18 Oct 1982) Appointed, Archbishop of Barquisimeto
César Ramón Ortega Herrera † (25 Aug 1983 – 15 Jul 1998) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo † (18 Mar 1999 – 12 Feb 2008) Appointed, Bishop of Maracay
Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón (19 Dec 2008 – 11 Jul 2014) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona^[3]
Francisco José Castro Aguayo (4 Aug 2015 – present)

Sources

^ "Diocese of Margarita". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-19.^{[self-published source]}
^ "Diocese of Margarita". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-07-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)