Diocese of Carúpano, Venezuela 🇻🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Carúpano / Carupæn(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cumaná

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cumaná (←), Saint George’s in Grenada (↗), Port of Spain (→), Maturín (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Pilar (October 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 30

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2000.04.04: Established as Diocese of Carúpano / Carupæn(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cumaná and became suffragan of Cumaná)

Contact Info

Address: Calle Santos Aníbal Dominici, No. 8. Sector Santa Rosa, Código Postal 6124, Carúpano, Estado Sucre, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.04.10 – ...):

Bishop Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Carúpano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez (63)
(2010.04.10 – ...)

Bishop of Carúpano (Venezuela)

Boga mar adentro

Born:	1962.05.17 (Porlamar, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1993.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.06.26

Priest of Margarita (Venezuela) (1993.07.30 – 2010.04.10)

Bishop of Carúpano (Venezuela) (2010.04.10 – ...)

Bishop Enrique Pérez Lavado (74)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009 – 2010.04.10)

Bishop Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez (70) (later Archbishop)
(2000.04.04 – 2008.12.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

Ego elegi vos

Born:	1955.05.05 (Araure, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1979.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.05.24

Priest of Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (1979.07.14 – 1997.02.27)

Titular Bishop of Sitifis (1997.02.27 – 2000.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela) (1997.02.27 – 2000.04.04)

Bishop of Carúpano (Venezuela) (2000.04.04 – 2008.12.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) (2008.12.10 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Rosa de Lima, Carúpano, Sucre

Cumaná (←), Saint George’s in Grenada (↗), Port of Spain (→), Maturín (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,818 km²

Population: 548,970 Catholics (98.8% of 555,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 31 priests (diocesan), 3 religious (3 sisters), 34 seminarians