Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

San Cristoforo di Venezuela, Diocese of

SAN CRISTOFORO DI VENEZUELA, DIOCESI DI

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Also known as: Spanish: San Cristóbal, Diocese of San Cristóbal, Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela, Diócesis de San Cristóbal de Venezuela; Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori in Venezuela

SAN CRISTOFORO DI VENEZUELA, DIOCESE OF. - Diocese and capital city of the department of Táchira in the Republic of Venezuela.

It has an area of 16,015 sq km with a population of 307,583 inhabitants, of whom 304,583 are Catholics; it has 33 parishes served by 40 diocesan priests and 48 regular clergy; it has a seminary, 10 male religious communities and 17 female ones (Ann. Pont, 1952, p. 351). The diocese was erected by Pope Pius XI with the constitution Ad munus of 12 Oct. 1922, as a suffragan of Merida, elevating the church of the martyr St. Sebastian to the dignity of cathedral.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 18 (1923), p. 99 ff.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), coll. 1751–1752.

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Josi, Enrico. “San Cristoforo di Venezuela, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 1751–1752. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/san-cristoforo-di-venezuela-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “San Cristoforo di Venezuela, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1751–1752. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/san-cristoforo-di-venezuela-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {San Cristoforo di Venezuela, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1751--1752},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/san-cristoforo-di-venezuela-diocesi-di}
}

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