Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Cumaná, Diocese of

CUMANÀ, DIOCESI DI

By Pietro Gómez

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CUMANÁ, Diocese of. - In Venezuela (State of Sucre), suffragan of Santiago de Venezuela. It was erected by Pius XI on 12 Oct. 1922, by dismemberment of the diocese of Guayana.

It comprises the federal States of Sucre and Nueva Esparta, with an area of 12,950 sq. km. and a population of 360,647 inhabitants, of whom 359,647 are Catholics, divided into 18 parishes, in which 12 secular priests and 12 regular priests work (1948).

In 1513 some Dominicans began the evangelization of the coasts of C., which was soon interrupted when, after violent opposition arose on the part of the natives, two missionaries were killed. The definitive evangelization of the region took place later, and is attributed to the the celebrated friar Bartolomé de las Casas.

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BIBL.: AAS, 15 (1923), pp. 99-102; N. E. Navarro, Anales eclesiásticos Veurzolanos, Caracas 1929 (see index).

Pedro Gomez

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1052.

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Gomez, Pietro. “Cumanà, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1052. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/cumana-diocesi-di.

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Gomez, Pietro. “Cumanà, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1052. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cumana-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Gomez, Pietro},
  title     = {Cumanà, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1052},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cumana-diocesi-di}
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