Diocese of Valle de la Pascua

Diocese of Valle de la Pascua

Dioecesis Vallispaschalensis
Location
CountryVenezuela
Ecclesiastical provinceCalabozo
Statistics
Area37,900 km2 (14,600 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 360,000
  • 352,000 (97.8%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established25 July 1992 (33 years ago)
CathedralOur Lady of Candelaria Cathedral, Valle de la Pascua
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopRicardo Barreto Cairo
Bishops emeritusRamón Aponte Fernández
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The Diocese of Valle de la Pascua (Latin: Dioecesis Vallispaschalensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Valle de la Pascua. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabozo in Venezuela.

History

The diocese was established as the Diocese of Valle de la Pascua, split from the Diocese of Calabozo on 25 July 1992.

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