Roman Catholic Diocese of Machiques
Diocese of Machiques Dioecesis Machiquesensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan | Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas |
| Bishops emeritus | Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, OMI |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Machiques (
Latin: Dioecesis Machiquesensis) is a diocese located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo in Venezuela
.
History
On 26 May 1943
Apostolic Vicariate. The Vicariate was elevated to a full diocese by Pope Benedict XVI
on 9 April 2011.
Ordinaries
- Ángel Turrado Moreno, OFMCap † (4 Sep 1944 – Jan 1954)
- Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, OFMCap † (19 Dec 1955 – 10 Mar 1986)
- Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, OFMCap † (10 Mar 1986 – 7 Oct 1995)
- Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, OMI (24 Jan 1997 – 9 Apr 2011)
- Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, OFMCap (9 Apr 2011 – 21 Dec 2018), appointed Bishop of Barinas
- Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas (19 Oct 2019 -
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
Sources
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