Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe, Venezuela

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Philippi in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of San Felipe in the Ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto in Venezuela.

This article is about the Roman Catholic Diocese in Venezuela. For the Roman Catholic Diocese in Chile, see Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe, Chile.

Diocese of San Felipe Dioecesis Sancti Philippi in Venetiola
Cathedral of St. Philip the Apostle
Location
Country	Venezuela
Metropolitan	Barquisimeto
Statistics
Area	7,100 km^2 (2,700 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 590,000 506,000 (85.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	7 October 1966 (53 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Victor Hugo Basabe
Bishops emeritus	Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust
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History

On 7 October 1966 Pope Paul VI established as Diocese of San Felipe from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto and Diocese of Valencia.

Ordinaries

• Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez (1966.11.30 – 1992.02.29)
• Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust (1992.02.29 – 2016.03.11)
• Victor Hugo Basabe (2016.03.11 – Present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

References

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}