Diocese of

Cabimas

Venezuela

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cabimas / Cabimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maracaibo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Maracaibo (←), Coro (↗), Carora (→), Trujillo (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Rosario (October 7)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1965.07.23: Established as Diocese of Cabimas / Cabimen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Maracaibo and became suffragan of Mérida)
1966.04.30: Became suffragan of Maracaibo
1994.07.07: Lost territory to establish Diocese of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia

Contact Info

Address: Esquina Carretera "H" con Avenida Miraflores, Cabimas, Estado Zulia, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cabimas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín (60) (later Archbishop)
(2019.01.29 – 2025.03.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Born:	1965.05.30 (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.02.16

Priest of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) (1991.12.07 – 2012.11.30)

Titular Bishop of Dagnum (2012.11.30 – 2019.01.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (2012.11.30 – 2019.01.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Cabimas (Venezuela) (2017.09.29 – 2019.01.29)

Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela) (2019.01.29 – 2025.03.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela) (2025.03.06 – ...)

Bishop Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín (60) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2017.09.29 – 2019.01.29)

Bishop William Enrique Delgado Silva (75)
(2005.07.26 – 2018.09.14)

Bishop emeritus of Cabimas (Venezuela)

Born:	1951.02.27 (Caracas, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1975.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.12.16

Titular Bishop of Vazi-Sarra (1995.11.03 – 1999.04.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (1995.11.03 – 1999.04.14)

Bishop of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia (Venezuela) (1999.04.14 – 2005.07.26)

Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela) (2005.07.26 – 2018.09.14)

Bishop Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (76)
(1994.03.12 – 2004.12.30)

Bishop emeritus of Los Teques (Venezuela)

Born:	1949.11.06 (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1976.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.04.23

Priest of Los Teques (Venezuela) (1976.04.03 – 1994.03.12)

Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela) (1994.03.12 – 2004.12.30)

Bishop of Los Teques (Venezuela) (2004.12.30 – 2025.12.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Maracay (Venezuela) (2007.07 – 2008.02.12)

Bishop Roberto Lückert León (later Archbishop)
(1985.04.27 – 1993.07.21)

Me desprendo de mi vida para tomarla de nuevo

Born:	1939.12.09 (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1966.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.06.29
Died:	2024.06.16 (Maracaibo, Venezuela † 84)

Priest of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (1966.08.14 – 1985.04.27)

Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela) (1985.04.27 – 1993.07.21)

Bishop of Coro (Venezuela) (1993.07.21 – 1998.11.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro (Venezuela) (1998.11.23 – 2016.10.25)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2006 – 2009)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2009 – 2012)

Apostolic Administrator of Punto Fijo (Venezuela) (2014.02.21 – 2016.06.04)

Bishop Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa
(1970.03.31 – 1984.10.26)

Born:	1923.06.23 (Cordero, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1947.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.07.11
Died:	1998.02.26 († 74)

Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela) (1970.03.31 – 1984.10.26)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela) (1984.10.26 – 1998.02.26)

Bishop Constantino Maradei Donato
(1965.07.23 – 1969.11.18)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Cabimas, Zulia

Maracaibo (←), Coro (↗), Carora (→), Trujillo (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,345 km²

Population: 941,140 Catholics (87.0% of 1,081,590 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 56 priests (50 diocesan, 6 religious), 9 deacons, 16 religious (10 brothers, 6 sisters), 15 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

© 2026 GCatholic.org