Diocese of La Guaira, Venezuela

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: La Guaira / Guairien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Caracas

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Pedro (June 29)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 15

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1970.04.15: Established as Diocese of La Guaira / Guairien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas and became suffragan of Caracas)

Contact Info

Address: Avenida La Playa, Sector la Guzmania, Apartado postal 266, La Guaira 1160-A, Estado Vargas, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop:

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Ordinaries

Bishops of La Guaira (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B. (62) (later Archbishop)
(2013.11.30 – 2024.06.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Born:	1962.10.23 (Caracas, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1989.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.02.08

Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela) (2013.11.30 – 2024.06.28)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2018.01.09 – 2022.01.07)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2022.01.07 – 2023.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (2024.06.28 – ...)

Bishop Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares (67)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.11 – 2013.11.30)

Bishop José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo (77)
(2001.10.18 – 2011.10.12)

Bishop emeritus of Guanare (Venezuela)

Born:	1947.09.03 (San Lázaro, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1975.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.04.19

Titular Bishop of Mozotcori (1997.02.15 – 2001.10.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1997.02.15 – 2001.10.18)

Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela) (2001.10.18 – 2011.10.12)

Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela) (2011.10.12 – 2023.04.12)

Bishop Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza, Opus Dei
(1973.10.02 – 2001.10.18)

Born:	1928.01.28 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1960.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.05.21
Died:	2012.02.10 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Villa regis (1967.03.31 – 1969.06.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (1967.03.31 – 1969.06.18)

Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela) (1969.06.18 – 1973.10.02)

Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela) (1973.10.02 – 2001.10.18)

Bishop Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce
(1970.04.15 – 1972.12.05)

Born:	1925.01.25 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1951.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.05.21
Died:	2001.09.08 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Columnata (1967.03.31 – 1970.04.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (1967.03.31 – 1970.04.15)

Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela) (1970.04.15 – 1972.12.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1972.12.05 – 1996.02.11)

Titular Bishop of Cariana (1972.12.05 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of Venezuela (Venezuela) (1996.02.11 – 2000.12.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo (1997.08.21 – 1999.03.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol, La Guaira, Vargas

Churches by City (28)

Maracay (↙), Guarenas (→), Petare (↘), Caracas (↓), Los Teques (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,497 km²

Population: 283,410 Catholics (82.5% of 343,635 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 45 priests (41 diocesan, 4 religious), 9 deacons, 51 religious (4 brothers, 47 sisters), 7 seminarians

Diocese of

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