Roman Catholic Diocese of Machiques

Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela

Diocese of Machiques Dioecesis Machiquesensis

Location
Country	Venezuela
Metropolitan	Maracaibo
Statistics
Area	25,350 km (9,790 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 325,000 282,000 (86.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	26 May 1943 (81 years ago)
Cathedral	Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas
Bishops emeritus	Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, OMI

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Machiques (Latin: Dioecesis Machiquesensis) is a diocese located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo in Venezuela.

History

On 26 May 1943 Pope Pius XII erected the diocese as an Apostolic Vicariate. The Vicariate was elevated to a full diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 9 April 2011.

Ángel Turrado Moreno, OFMCap † (4 Sep 1944 – Jan 1954)
Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, OFMCap † (19 Dec 1955 – 10 Mar 1986)
Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, OFMCap † (10 Mar 1986 – 7 Oct 1995)
Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, OMI (24 Jan 1997 – 9 Apr 2011)
Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, OFMCap (9 Apr 2011 – 21 Dec 2018), appointed Bishop of Barinas
Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas (19 Oct 2019 -

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