Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana

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Diocese of Ciudad Guayana Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis
Location
Country	Venezuela
Metropolitan	Ciudad Bolívar
Statistics
Area	53,596 km2 (20,694 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 850,000 765,000 (90.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 August 1979 (45 years ago)
Cathedral	Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vacant
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Guayanensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ciudad Guayana in the ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela.

On 20 August 1979 Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of Ciudad Guayana from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar.

• Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (20 August 1979 – 26 May 1986) Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
• José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (13 January 1987 – 21 July 1990)
• Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (2 May 1991 – 11 November 2000) Appointed, Archbishop of Maracaibo
• Mariano José Parra Sandoval (10 July 2001 – 25 October 2016) Appointed, Archbishop of Coro
• Helizandro Emiro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. (29 July 2017 – 19 March 2022)

• Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo in 2012
• Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar, appointed Bishop of Acarigua-Araure in 2015

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}
• Diocese Website

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