Diocese of El Tigre ( Spanish: Diócesis de El Tigre ) - Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church with its center in the city of El Tigre , Venezuela . The Diocese of El Tigre is a member of the Metropolitanate of Cumana . The ruling bishop of the Diocese of El Tigre is José Manuel Romero Barrios [1] .
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 Location of the Diocese of El Tigre ( highlighted in red ) on a map of Venezuela | |
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| Main city | El tigre |
| A country |  Venezuela |
| Established | May 31, 2018 |
| Metropolis | Archdiocese of Cumana |
| Parishes | fourteen |
| Diocese Square | 22 978 km² |
| Diocese population | 406 050 people |
Territory
The diocese covers the southern part of the Venezuelan state of Ansoategui , namely the municipalities of Simon Rodriguez , San Jose de Guanipa , Independencia , Francisco de Miranda and Jose Gregorio Monagas , the parish of Caccipo in the municipality of Aragua and the parish of Sao Tome [2] .
The area of the Diocese of El Tigre is 22.978 km², its territory is divided into 14 parishes [1] .
History
On May 31, 2018, Pope Francis established the Diocese of El Tigre, separating it from the Diocese of Barcelona [2] .
Ordinaries of the diocese
- Bishop José Manuel Romero Barrios (since May 31, 2018) [1] .
Statistics
At the date of the establishment of the Diocese of El Tigre, 406,050 people lived on its territory. There were 13 priests and 9 nuns in the diocese [3] .
| year | population | priests | permanent deacons | the monks | parishes | ||||||
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| Catholics | Total | % | Total | secular clergy | black clergy | the number of Catholics per priest | men | women | |||
| 2018 | ? | 406.050 | ? | 13 | 9 | fourteen | |||||
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Diocese of El Tigre, Venezuela . GCatholic.org . Date of treatment February 10, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 Erezione della diocesi di El Tigre (Venezuela) e nomina del primo Vescovo (Italian) . press.vatican.va . Date of treatment February 10, 2019.
- ↑ Cheney, David M. El Tigre (Diocese ) . Catholic-hierarchy.org . Date of treatment February 10, 2019.