Roman Catholic Diocese of Coro
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Archdiocese of Coro Archidioecesis Corensis |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 21,760 km2 (8,400 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 529,000 458,000 (86.6%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 12 October 1922 (94 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Basílica de Santa Ana |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Roberto Lückert León |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Coro (Latin: Archidioecesis Corensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in western Venezuela.
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Minor Basilica and Minor World Heritage Site: Catedral Basílica de Santa Ana, located in the city of (Santa Ana de) Coro, the capital of Falcón State.
A second Minor Basilica and Minor World Heritage Site is the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de El Carrizal, also in Coro.
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and a single Suffragan bishopric :
On 21 June 1531, the first Diocese of Coro was established by Pope Clement VII, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. That diocese was suppressed on 20 June 1637 and its territory used to establish the Diocese of Caracas (now Metropolitan).
On 14 August 1867 Pope Pius IX restored it shortly as the Diocese of Coro y Barquisimeto from the suppressed Diocese of Barquisimeto, joining both titles. Coro was once again suppressed as a see and title when the diocese's name and see were changed back to the Diocese of Barquisimeto on 22 October 1869.
The present Diocese of Coro was established by Pope Pius XI on 12 October 1922. On 13 July 1997 it lost territory to establish its suffragan, the Diocese of Punto Fijo.
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