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Diocese of Barquisimeto

Archdiocese of Barquisimeto
Archidioecesis Barquisimetensis
Catedral de Barquisimeto.jpg
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Location
Country  Venezuela
Statistics
Area 8,590 km2 (3,320 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,754,410
1,142,504 (65.1%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 7 March 1863 (154 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Antonio José López Castillo
Emeritus Bishops Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto (Latin: Archidioecesis Barquisimetensis) is a Latin Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in northwestern Venezuela's Lara state.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the very modern Catedral Metropolitana de Barquisimeto in Barquisimeto. There is also a Minor Basilica : Basílica el Santo Cristo de la Gracia, also in Barquisimeto.

(all Roman rite)

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archbishopric and the following Suffragan sees:

Coordinates: 10°04′25″N 69°19′17″W / 10.0737°N 69.3214°W / 10.0737; -69.3214



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