Diocese of El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia
Vigilantis-Sancti Caroli Zulien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela
Latin rite diocese spanning parts of Merida and Zulia states, Venezuela, with its see at El Vigia. Erected 7 July 1994 by Pope John Paul II from the Diocese of Cabimas, the Archdiocese of Maracaibo and the Archdiocese of Merida; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maracaibo. Its cathedral is the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral in El Vigia.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 July 1994
- Latin
- Vigilantis-Sancti Caroli Zulien(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro
- Annuario code
- 001001360
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 357,130
- Population
- 368,176
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.0%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 9,652
- Extent
- 8,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 44
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
- Juan de Dios Pena Rojas
- Born
- 8 August 1967
- Birthplace
- Acequias
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 Perpetual Help Cathedral stands in El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia, 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 CabimasCabimas
- Diocese of MachiquesMachiques
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two Venezuelan cities, El Vigía and San Carlos del Zulia, anchor the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia (Latin: Dioecesis Vigilantis-Sancti Caroli Zuliensis), a see that lies within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo.
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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.