Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela

Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola

Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Mérida
Statistics
Area	11,000 km² (4,200 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,500,000 1,250,000 (83.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	12 October 1922 (101 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Cristóbal
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez
Auxiliary Bishops	Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez, elect
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of San Cristóbal in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.

History

On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela from the Diocese of Mérida.

Special churches

Minor Basilicas:
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación, Táriba
- Basílica del Espíritu Santo, La Grita

Bishops

Ordinaries

Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz (22 June 1923 – 6 July 1937)
Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco (12 November 1939 – 23 April 1952) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas
Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinico (23 April 1952 – 26 October 1984)
Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa (26 October 1984 – 26 February 1998)
Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (14 April 1999 – present)

Auxiliary Bishop

Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez (2020-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

José Léon Rojas Chaparro, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo in 1961
José Hernán Sánchez Porras, appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military in 2000
Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, appointed Bishop of Margarita in 2008
Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 2016