Archdiocese of Cumaná
The Archdiocese of Cumaná is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Cumaná in Venezuela.
History
On 12 October 1922, Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Cumaná from the Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana. Pope John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 16 May 1992.Bishops
Ordinaries
- Sixto Sosa Díaz
- Crisanto Darío Mata Cova Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
- Mariano José Parra León
- Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa
- Diego Padrón
- Jesús González de Zárate Salas
Auxiliary bishops
- Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco, appointed Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
- Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia, appointed Bishop of Guanare
- Eduardo Herrera Riera, appointed Bishop of Guanare
- Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez, appointed Bishop of Carúpano
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría, appointed Bishop of Maturín in 1958
- Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar in 1963
- Mariano José Parra Sandoval, appointed Bishop of San Fernando de Apure in 1994