Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabimas

Diocese of Cabimas Dioecesis Cabimensis
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Maracaibo
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 797,560 739,380 (92.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	23 July 1965 (59 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	William Enrique Delgado Silva

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.

History

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

Ordinaries

• Constantino Maradei Donato † (23 Jul 1965 - 18 Nov 1969) Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona
• Marco Tulio Ramírez Roa † (31 Mar 1970 - 26 Oct 1984) Appointed, Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
• Roberto Lückert León (27 Apr 1985 - 21 Jul 1993) Appointed, Bishop of Coro
• Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (12 Mar 1994 - 30 Dec 2004) Appointed, Bishop of Los Teques
• William Enrique Delgado Silva (26 Jul 2005 - present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy