Diocese of Maturín, Venezuela

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Maturín / Maturinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ciudad Bolívar

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santos Simón y Judas (October 28)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 23

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1958.05.24: Established as Diocese of Maturín / Maturinen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar and became suffragan of Caracas)
1958.06.21: Became suffragan of Ciudad Bolívar

Contact Info

Address: Residencia Episcopal Av. Andrés Eloy Blanco, Nº 58 Maturín, Estado Monagas, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.08.09 – ...):

Bishop Enrique Pérez Lavado (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Maturín (Roman Rite)

Bishop Enrique Pérez Lavado (73)
(2003.08.09 – ...)

Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela)

Pasce oves meas

Born:	1951.04.19 (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1986.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.10.31

Priest of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (1986.07.25 – 2003.08.09)

Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela) (2003.08.09 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Carúpano (Venezuela) (2009 – 2010.04.10)

Bishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez (85) (later Cardinal)
(1994.05.07 – 2002.03.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gaetano
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Envíame tu luz y tu verdad

Born:	1939.05.17 (Montalbán, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1963.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.05.27
Created Cardinal:	2023.09.30

Priest of Valencia (Venezuela) (1963.08.04 – 1990.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Gisipa (1990.04.04 – 1994.05.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1990.04.04 – 1994.05.07)

Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela) (1994.05.07 – 2002.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela) (2002.03.27 – 2018.05.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2012.01.12 – 2018.01.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona (Venezuela) (2014.01.25 – 2014.07.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gaetano (2023.09.30 [2024.11.16] – ...)

Bishop Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría
(1958.05.24 – 1994.05.07)

Born:	1917.10.31 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1940.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.09.14
Died:	2014.06.28 († 96)

Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela) (1958.05.24 – 1994.05.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Maturín, Monagas

El Tigre (↙), Barcelona (←), Cumaná (↖), Carúpano (↑), Tucupita (→), Ciudad Guayana (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 28,900 km²

Population: 797,680 Catholics (84.7% of 941,300 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 35 priests (33 diocesan, 2 religious), 8 religious (2 brothers, 6 sisters), 18 seminarians

Diocese of

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