Diocese of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela 🇻🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ciudad Guayana / Civitatis Guayanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ciudad Bolívar

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ciudad Bolívar (↖), El Tigre (↖), Maturín (↑), Tucupita (↗), Georgetown (→), Caroní (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Inmaculada Concepción (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1979.08.20: Established as Diocese of Ciudad Guayana / Civitatis Guayanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar and became suffragan of Ciudad Bolívar)
1988.03.25: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar

Contact Info

Address: Urbanización Villa Alianza, Senda Sula, N° 93, 38, Apdo. Postal 250, Puerto Ordaz, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1985.01)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.12.08 – ...):

Bishop Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza (60)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ciudad Guayana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza (60)
(2022.12.08 – ...)

Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela)

Born:	1966.01.26 (Niquitao, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1990.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.06

Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1990.06.10 – 2016.06.04)

Bishop of Punto Fijo (Venezuela) (2016.06.04 – 2022.12.08)

Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) (2022.12.08 – ...)

Bishop Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. (61) (later Archbishop)
(2017.07.29 – 2022.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

Born:	1965.06.07 (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1995.09.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.09.23

Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) (2017.07.29 – 2022.03.19)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela) (2022.03.19 – 2023.01.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela) (2023.01.31 – ...)

Bishop Mariano José Parra Sandoval (79) (later Archbishop)
(2001.07.10 – 2016.10.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Coro (Venezuela)

No vine a ser servido sino a servir

Born:	1947.04.25 (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1971.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.10.28

Priest of Cumaná (Venezuela) (1971.08.14 – 1994.07.12)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1985.01.15 – 1994.07.12)

Bishop of San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela) (1994.07.12 – 2001.07.10)

Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) (2001.07.10 – 2016.10.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro (Venezuela) (2016.10.25 – 2023.10.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Cumaná (Venezuela) (2024.09.08 – 2025.03.06)

Bishop Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (85) (later Archbishop)
(1991.05.02 – 2000.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Born:	1941.05.16 (Cagua, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1968.10.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.05.27

Titular Bishop of Cæciri (1990.04.04 – 1991.05.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1990.04.04 – 1991.05.02)

Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) (1991.05.02 – 2000.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (2000.11.11 – 2018.05.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2006 – 2012.01.12)

Bishop José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria
(1987.01.13 – 1990.07.21)

Born:	1938.01.02 (Betijoque, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1962.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.03.19
Died:	2024.07.03 (Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela † 86)

Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1962.08.12 – 1982.01.08)

Titular Bishop of Cenæ (1982.01.08 – 1987.01.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (1982.01.08 – 1987.01.13)

Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) (1987.01.13 – 1990.07.21)

Bishop Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (later Archbishop)
(1979.08.20 – 1986.05.26)

Born:	1935.04.17 (Los Puertos de Altagracia, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1960.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.07.25
Died:	2018.11.27 (Los Puertos de Altagracia, Venezuela † 83)

Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela) (1972.05.16 – 1979.08.20)

Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) (1979.08.20 – 1986.05.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (1986.05.26 – 2011.08.27)