Roman Catholic Diocese of Guasdualito
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guasdualito is a young Latin Catholic suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida in Venezuela in southern Venezuela's land-locked Apure State.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen (dedicated to the Virgin of Mercy), in Guasdualito, Apure.
History
The bishopric was established on 3 December 2015 by Pope Francis as Diocese of Guasdualito, on territories split off from the dioceses of Barinas and San Fernando de Apure.
Episcopal Ordinaries
- Suffragan Bishops of Guasdalito
- Pablo Modesto González Pérez, Salesians (S.D.B.) (2015.12.03 – ...)
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