Diocese of Barcelona, Venezuela 🇻🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Barcelona / Barcinonen(sis) in Venetiola (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cumaná

Neighbouring Dioceses: Valle de la Pascua (↙), Guarenas (↖), Cumaná (↗), Maturín (→), El Tigre (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (February 2)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 10

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1954.06.07: Established as Diocese of Barcelona / Barcinonen(sis) in Venetiola (Latin) (from Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar and became suffragan of Caracas)
1958.06.21: Became suffragan of Ciudad Bolívar
1992.05.16: Became suffragan of Cumaná
2018.05.31: Lost territory to establish Diocese of El Tigre

Contact Info

Address: Avenida Country Club con Calle San Carlos, Urbanización Urdaneta, Barcelona 6001-A, Apartado 67, Estado Anzoátegui, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.07.11 – ...):

Bishop Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón (69)

Monsignors (17)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Barcelona (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón (69)
(2014.07.11 – ...)

Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

Pastor y navegante

Born:	1956.07.23 (Queniquea, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.07

Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela) (1981.06.27 – 2008.12.19)

Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela) (2008.12.19 – 2014.07.11)

Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela) (2014.07.11 – ...)

Archbishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez (87) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.01.25 – 2014.07.11)

Bishop César Ramón Ortega Herrera
(1998.07.15 – 2014.01.20)

Born:	1938.07.16 (Salom, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.10.28
Died:	2021.04.09 (Valencia, Venezuela † 82)

Priest of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (1963.06.30 – 1983.08.25)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1974.02.22 – 1983.08.25)

Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela) (1983.08.25 – 1998.07.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona (Venezuela) (1997.06.21 – 1998.07.15)

Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela) (1998.07.15 – 2014.01.20)

Bishop César Ramón Ortega Herrera
(Apostolic Administrator 1997.06.21 – 1998.07.15)

Bishop Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B.
(1991.11.16 – 1997.06.21)

Born:	1929.05.23 (Caracas, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.09.11
Died:	2008.11.18 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Scebatiana (1979.07.13 – 1991.11.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1979.07.13 – 1991.11.16)

Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela) (1991.11.16 – 1997.06.21)

Bishop Constantino Maradei Donato
(1969.11.18 – 1991.11.16)

Born:	1915.12.09 (Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1939.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.08.29
Died:	1992.01.09 (Caracas, Venezuela † 76)

Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela) (1965.07.23 – 1969.11.18)

Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela) (1969.11.18 – 1991.11.16)

Bishop Angel Pérez Cisneros (later Archbishop)
(1960.05.23 – 1969.07.25)

Born:	1911.09.30 (Turmero, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1937.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.07.25
Died:	1987.11.26 († 76)

Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela) (1960.05.23 – 1969.07.25)

Titular Archbishop of Castello (1969.07.25 – 1972.08.30)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela) (1969.07.25 – 1972.08.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela) (1972.08.30 – 1979.08.20)

Bishop José Humberto Paparoni
(1954.10.04 – 1959.10.01)

Born:	1920.09.03 (Santa Cruz de Mora, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1944.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.12.08
Died:	1959.10.01 († 39)

Priest of Mérida (Venezuela) (1944.04.08 – 1954.10.04)

Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela) (1954.10.04 – 1959.10.01)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Manuel Romero Barrios (71) (2012.02.02 – 2018.05.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Cristóbal, Barcelona, Anzoátegui

Valle de la Pascua (↙), Guarenas (↖), Cumaná (↗), Maturín (→), El Tigre (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 20,332 km²

Population: 980,000 Catholics (72.1% of 1,360,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 70 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 44 priests (38 diocesan, 6 religious), 2 deacons, 24 religious (6 brothers, 18 sisters), 12 seminarians