Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_El_Vigia–San_Carlos_del_Zulia

Roman Catholic Diocese of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia

Roman Catholic Diocese of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia

Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela

The Roman Catholic Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia (Latin: Dioecesis Dioecesis Vigilantis-Sancti Caroli Zuliensis) is a diocese located in the cities of El Vigía and San Carlos del Zulia in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo in Venezuela.

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History

On 7 July 1994 Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of El Vigia–San Carlos del Zulia from the Diocese of Cabimas, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maracaibo and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • William Enrique Delgado Silva (14 Apr 1999 – 26 Jul 2005) Appointed, Bishop of Cabimas
  • José Luis Azuaje Ayala (15 Jul 2006 – 30 Aug 2013)
  • Juan de Dios Peña Rojas (17 Apr 2015 – present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also

References

    8.6183°N 71.6494°W / 8.6183; -71.6494


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