Roman Catholic Diocese of La Guaira

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Guaira (Template:Langx) is a diocese located in the city of La Guaira in the ecclesiastical province of Caracas in Venezuela.

History

On 15 April 1970 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of La Guaira from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas.

Our Lady of Lourdes Pilgrimage

La Guaira is home to the oldest pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes in Latin America. The devotion began in 1884 when a Venezuelan priest, Fr Machado, returned from a pilgrimage to the original Lourdes grotto in France. He established a shrine in the mountain of El Ávila. Every year, with only very few exceptions, a 20 Km pilgrimage takes place along the Camiño de los Españoles, beginning in Puerto Caracas and ending in the church of St Sebastian, in Maiquetía.[1]

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce (1970.04.15 – 1972.12.05), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
  • Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza (1973.10.02 – 2001.10.18)
  • José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo (2001.10.18 – 2011.10.12), appointed Bishop of Guanare
  • Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B. (2013.11.30 - 2024.07.28), appointed Archbishop of Caracas
  • Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B (appointed 2025.01.09)

Coadjutor bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also

References

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External links

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