Diocese of Carora, Venezuela 🇻🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Carora / Caroren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Barquisimeto

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá de Aregue (October 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 26

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1992.07.25: Established as Diocese of Carora / Caroren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto and became suffragan of Barquisimeto)

Contact Info

Address: Calle Lara N° 3 - 12, Carora, Estado Lara, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.03.30 – ...):

Bishop Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. (65)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Ordinaries

Bishops of Carora (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. (65)
(2021.03.30 – ...)

Bishop of Carora (Venezuela)
Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Ser para los demás

Born:	1960.07.04 (Carora, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1997.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.03.19

Titular Bishop of Carinola (2018.12.27 – 2021.03.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (Bolivia) (2018.12.27 – 2021.03.30)

Bishop of Carora (Venezuela) (2021.03.30 – ...)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2025.02.11 – ...)

Bishop Luis Armando Tineo Rivera (77)
(2013.07.23 – 2020.06.23)

Bishop emeritus of Carora (Venezuela)

Born:	1948.05.10 (Caracas, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1980.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.04.28

Priest of Caracas (Venezuela) (1980.07.26 – 2007.02.09)

Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia (2007.02.09 – 2013.07.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (2007.02.09 – 2013.07.23)

Bishop of Carora (Venezuela) (2013.07.23 – 2020.06.23)

Bishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. (74) (later Archbishop)
(2003.12.05 – 2011.08.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela)

Born:	1951.04.29 (Pedregal, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.02.27

Bishop of Carora (Venezuela) (2003.12.05 – 2011.08.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (2011.08.27 – ...)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2022.01.07 – 2025.02.11)

Bishop Eduardo Herrera Riera
(1994.07.05 – 2003.12.05)

Born:	1927.09.07 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.03.25
Died:	2012.10.27 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Sesta (1965.01.07 – 1966.11.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela) (1965.01.07 – 1966.11.30)

Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela) (1966.11.30 – 1970.10.31)

Titular Bishop of Ubaza (1970.10.31 – 1994.07.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (1970.10.31 – 1994.07.05)

Bishop of Carora (Venezuela) (1994.07.05 – 2003.12.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Juan Bautista, Carora, Lara

Trujillo (↙), Cabimas (←), Coro (↑), Barquisimeto (→), Guanare (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,708 km²

Population: 299,600 Catholics (96.4% of 310,628 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 29 priests (28 diocesan, 1 religious), 1 deacon, 24 religious (2 brothers, 22 sisters), 17 seminarians