Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita

Diocese of Margarita Dioecesis Margaritensis
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Cumaná
Statistics
Area	1,050 km^2 (410 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 398,712 335,815 (84.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	18 July 1969 (47 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Francisco José Castro Aguayo

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)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

Sources

1. "Diocese of Margarita". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
2. "Diocese of Margarita". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
3. http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/11/0513/01148.html