Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná (Template:Langx) is an archdiocese located in the city of Cumaná in Venezuela.
History
On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Cumaná from the Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana.[1] Pope John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 16 May 1992.[2]
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Sixto Sosa Díaz (16 June 1923[1] – 29 May 1943)[3]
- Crisanto Darío Mata Cova (21 October 1949 – 30 April 1966)[3] Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
- Mariano José Parra León (30 November 1966 – 12 March 1987)[3]
- Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa (12 March 1987[3] – 17 September 2001)
- Diego Padrón (27 March 2002[4] – 24 May 2018)[5]
- Jesús González de Zárate Salas (24 May 2018[5] – present)
Auxiliary bishops
- Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco (1937-1939), appointed Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
- Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia (1939-1954), appointed Bishop of Guanare
- Eduardo Herrera Riera (1965-1966), appointed Bishop of Guanare
- Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez (1997-2000), appointed Bishop of Carúpano
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría, appointed Bishop of Maturín in 1958
- Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar in 1963
- Mariano José Parra Sandoval, appointed Bishop of San Fernando de Apure in 1994
Suffragan dioceses
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Template:Subject bar Template:R-C dioceses in Venezuela