Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona in Venezuela
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona is a diocese located in the city of Barcelona in the Ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela.
On Thursday, 11 July 2014, the Vatican web site's online daily news bulletin, in the listing of resignations and appointments, stated that Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, who had been serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita, as the Bishop-designate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona.History
On 7 June 1954 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Barcelona from the Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar.
On 31 May 2018 from this Diocese was split off the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Tigre by Pope Francis.Bishops
Ordinaries
- José Humberto Paparoni †
- Angel Pérez Cisneros † Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida
- Constantino Maradei Donato †
- Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. †
- César Ramón Ortega Herrera
- Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón
Auxiliary bishop
- José Manuel Romero Barrios, appointed Bishop of El Tigre
