Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Guayana, Diocese of

GUAYANA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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Ciudad Bolívar, Diocese of redirects here.

GUAYANA, Diocese of. - Diocese in Venezuela, in South America. The residential see is in Ciudad de Bolívar, capital of the State of Bolívar, situated on the right bank of the Orinoco River.

The diocese extends over 241,000 sq. km.; it has a population of 683,887 inhabitants, of whom 680,240 are Catholics, with 30 parishes, 16 diocesan priests and 12 regulars, one seminary, 4 male religious communities and 7 female (1949).

The diocese was created by Pope Pius VI on 19 Dec. 1791; the first bishop was Msgr. Francesco de Ybarra.

Ciudad Bolívar was so named in 1818 to honor Simon Bolívar, but it was founded in 1762 by Moreno Mendoza, who had named it Nueva G., Angostura de Orinoco; afterward it was called simply Angostura.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: A. A. Mac Erlean, St. Thomas of Guiana, in Cath. Enc., XIII, p. 382; anon., Ciudad de Bolívar, in Enc. Eur. Am., XIII, pp. 546-48.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), coll. 1216–1217.

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Josi, Enrico. “Guayana, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, coll. 1216–1217. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/guayana-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Guayana, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 1216–1217. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/guayana-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Guayana, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1216--1217},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/guayana-diocesi-di}
}

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