Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Barquisimeto / Barquisimeten(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Acarigua–Araure, Carora, Guanare, San Felipe
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Carmen (July 16)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 14
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Address: Curia Arquidiocesana, Av. Libertador entre Av. Argimiro Bracamonte y Av. López Contreras, Sector Patarata, Municipio Iribarren, Parroquia Catedral, Barquisimeto 3001, Venezuela
Phone: 0251 4200100
Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.06.28 – ...): | Archbishop Polito Rodríguez Méndez (57) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Barquisimeto (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Polito Rodríguez Méndez (57) Metropolitan Archbishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)
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Bishop Oswaldo Enrique Araque Valerio (60) | ||||||||||
Bishop Víctor Hugo Basabe (62) (later Archbishop) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Antonio José López Castillo El Señor es mi pastor, nada me falta
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Archbishop Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela Me gastaré y desgastaré para la gloria de Dios
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Archbishop Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel
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Bishops of Barquisimeto (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Enrique María Dubuc Moreno
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Bishop Aguedo Felipe Alvarado Liscano
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Bishop-elect Gregorio Rodríguez y Obregón
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Bishop Victor José Díez Navarrete
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Area: 8,590 km²
Population: 2,146,350 Catholics (94.4% of 2,272,730 total)
Pastoral Centres: 97 parishes
Personnel: 154 priests (106 diocesan, 48 religious), 52 deacons, 483 religious (208 brothers, 275 sisters), 44 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.12.15
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