Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Cabimas

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabimas

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabimas

Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabimas (Latin: Dioecesis Cabimensis) is a diocese located in the city of Cabimas in the ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo in Venezuela.

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History

On 23 July 1965 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Cabimas from the Archdiocese of Maracaibo.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Constantino Maradei Donato † (23 July 1965 – 18 November 1969) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
  • Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa † (31 March 1970 – 26 October 1984) Appointed, Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
  • Roberto Lückert León (27 April 1985 – 21 July 1993) Appointed, Bishop of Coro
  • Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (12 March 1994 – 30 December 2004) Appointed, Bishop of Los Teques
  • William Enrique Delgado Silva (26 July 2005 – 14 September 2018)[1]
  • Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín (29 January 2019 – present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas, appointed Bishop of Machiques in 2019

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Resignations and Appointments, 14.09.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

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