Diocese of Cabimas
Cabimen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cabimas, Venezuela
Latin rite diocese in Zulia state, Venezuela, with its see at Cabimas on the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo. Erected 23 July 1965 from the Archdiocese of Maracaibo, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in Cabimas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 July 1965
- Latin
- Cabimen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario
- Annuario code
- 001000997
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 739,380
- Population
- 797,560
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 92.7%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 13,203
- Extent
- 9,342 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 79
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Angel Francisco Caraballo Fermin
- Born
- 30 May 1965
- Birthplace
- Puerto Ordaz
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral stands in Cabimas, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Maracaibo
A suffragan of Maracaibo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MaracaiboMaracaibo
- Diocese of El Vigía-San Carlos del ZuliaEl Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia
- Diocese of MachiquesMachiques
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Cabimas, within the ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo in Venezuela, lies the Diocese of Cabimas (Latin: Dioecesis Cabimensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.