Diocese of

Acarigua–Araure

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 5,510 km²

Population: 604,169 Catholics (93.1% of 648,772 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Barquisimeto

Neighbouring Dioceses: Guanare (↙), Barquisimeto (↑), San Carlos de Venezuela (→)

Statistics: 26 parishes, 100 missions, 30 priests (diocesan), 25 lay religious (25 sisters), 10 seminarians (2015)

Address: Palacio Episcopal, Avenida 38 entre Calles 26 y 27, Barrio Paraguay, Acarigua, Estado Portuguesa, Venezuela

2002.12.27: Established as Diocese of Acarigua–Araure / Acariguaruen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Guanare)

Bishop (2015.08.10 – ...):

Bishop Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar (51)

Bishops of Acarigua–Araure (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar (51)
(2015.08.10 – ...)

Bishop of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela)

Bishop of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela) (2015.08.10 – ...)

Bishop Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval (81)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.12 – 2015.08.10)

Bishop Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo
(2002.12.27 – 2013.10.30)

Bishop of Valle de la Pascua (Venezuela) (1992.07.25 – 2002.12.27)

Bishop of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela) (2002.12.27 – 2013.10.30)

as of 2018.11.07