The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ciudad Guayana in the ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela.
Diocese of Ciudad Guayana Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| Metropolitan | Ciudad Bolívar |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 53,596 km2 (20,694 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 850,000 765,000 (90.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 20 August 1979 (44 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Vacant |
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History
editOn 20 August 1979 Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of Ciudad Guayana from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar.
Bishops
editOrdinaries
edit- Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (20 August 1979 – 26 May 1986) Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
- José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (13 January 1987 – 21 July 1990)
- Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (2 May 1991 – 11 November 2000) Appointed, Archbishop of Maracaibo
- Mariano José Parra Sandoval (10 July 2001 – 25 October 2016) Appointed, Archbishop of Coro
- Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. (29 July 2017 – 19 March 2022)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
edit- Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo in 2012
- Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar, appointed Bishop of Acarigua-Araure in 2015
See also
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