Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
Sancti Christophori in Venetiola
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Cristóbal de Venezuela, Venezuela
Latin rite diocese covering Tachira state in the Venezuelan Andes, with its see at San Cristobal. Erected 12 October 1922 by Pope Pius XI from the Diocese of Merida; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Merida. Its cathedral is the Catedral de San Cristobal.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 October 1922
- Latin
- Sancti Christophori in Venetiola
- Patron
- San Sebastián
- Annuario code
- 001002884
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,250,000
- Population
- 1,500,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.3%
- Priests
- 196
- Catholics per priest
- 6,378
- Extent
- 11,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 114
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
- Lisandro Alirio Rivas Duran, I.M.C.
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
Catedral de San Cristobal stands in San Cristóbal de Venezuela, 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 Merida
A suffragan of Merida.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarinasBarinas
- Diocese of GuasdualitoGuasdualito
- Diocese of TrujilloTrujillo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of San Cristóbal is home to a Roman Catholic diocese known in Latin as Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola, a suffragan see within the Venezuelan ecclesiastical province of Mérida.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.