Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Valencia in Venezuela, Diocese of

VALENCIA NEL VENEZUELA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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VALENCIA IN VENEZUELA, DIOCESE OF. - Capital city of the State of Carabobo and diocese in Venezuela (South America).

Over an area of 20,650 sq km it counts 327,450 inhabitants, of whom 326,000 are Catholics; it has 40 parishes with 41 diocesan priests and 70 regulars; it counts 20 male religious communities and 13 female (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 440). The diocese was created by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Ad munus of 12 Oct. 1922 by dismemberment from the archdiocese of Caracas or Santiago de Venezuela, of which it is a suffragan, and by elevating the church of the B. Virgin to the rank and dignity of cathedral. The first bishop was Msgr. S. Montes de Oca (1927-34), who was succeeded from 1937 by Msgr. G. Adam.

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BIBL.: AAS, 15 (1923), pp. 99-102; J. Cunillera, Anuario eclesiastico venezolano 1953, Caracas 1953, pp. 178-99.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 973.

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Josi, Enrico. “Valencia Nel Venezuela, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 973. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/valencia-nel-venezuela-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Valencia Nel Venezuela, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 973. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/valencia-nel-venezuela-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec12_valencia_nel_venezuela_diocesi,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Valencia Nel Venezuela, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {973},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/valencia-nel-venezuela-diocesi-di}
}

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