Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Cumaná / Cumanen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Barcelona, Carúpano, El Tigre, Margarita
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Altagracia de los Guaiqueríes (May 31)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 3
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Address: Calle Bolívar, N° 34. Piso 2 Apdo. 134, Código Postal 6101-A.Cumaná, Estado Sucre, Venezuela
Metropolitan Archbishop: | vacant |
Apostolic Administrator (2024.09.08 – ...): | Archbishop Mariano José Parra Sandoval (77) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Cumaná (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Mariano José Parra Sandoval (77) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Jesús Andoni González de Zárate Salas (63) Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Venezuela)
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Archbishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez (85) (later Cardinal) Cardinal-Priest of S. Gaetano
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Archbishop Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa
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Bishops of Cumaná (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Mariano José Parra León
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Bishop Crisanto Darío Mata Cova (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Sixto Sosa Díz
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Area: 5,972 km²
Population: 616,271 Catholics (84.8% of 726,893 total)
Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 2 missions
Personnel: 30 priests (29 diocesan, 1 religious), 16 religious (1 brother, 15 sisters), 9 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.29
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