Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Cabello

Diocese of Puerto Cabello Dioecesis Portus Cabellensis
Location
Country	Venezuela
Metropolitan	Valencia en Venezuela
Statistics
Area	729 km2 (281 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 300,000 270,000 (90.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	5 July 1994 (30 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral San José
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Saúl Figueroa Albornoz
Bishops emeritus	Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, S.O.D.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Cabello (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Cabellensis) is a diocese located in the city of Puerto Cabello in the ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela in Venezuela.

History

On 5 July 1994, John Paul II established the Diocese of Puerto Cabello from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia.

Ordinaries

• Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval (1994.07.05 – 2002.07.16)
• Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, S.O.D. (2003.12.05 – 2010.03.13)
• Saúl Figueroa Albornoz (2011.04.30 – present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}