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Archdiocese of Coro Archidioecesis Corensis
Cathedral Basilica of Coro
Location
Country	Venezuela
Statistics
Area	21,760 km2 (8,400 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2006) 529,000 458,000 (86.6%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12 October 1922 (103 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Ann
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop-designate	Victor Hugo Basabe
Map

TheArchdiocese of Coro (Latin:Archidioecesis Corensis) is aLatin Churcharchdiocese of theCatholic Church in westernVenezuela.^[1][2]

Itscathedral, the Catedral Basílica de Santa Ana, is aminor basilica. The cathedral is located in the city of(Santa Ana de) Coro, the capital ofFalcón State, which has been designated aWorld Heritage Site ("Coro and its port La Vela").

There is a second minor basilica in La Vela de Coro, the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de El Carrizal.

Itsecclesiastical province comprises the metropolitan's own archdiocese and a singlesuffragan bishopric:

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Punto Fijo

On 21 June 1531, the firstDiocese of Coro was established byPope Clement VII, on territory split off from the thenDiocese of Santo Domingo in theDominican Republic. That diocese was suppressed on 20 June 1637 and its territory used to establish theDiocese of Caracas (now metropolitan).

On 14 August 1867,Pope Pius IX restored it shortly as theDiocese of Coro y Barquisimeto from the suppressedDiocese of Barquisimeto, joining both titles. Coro was once again suppressed as a see and title when the diocese's name and see were changed back to the Diocese of Barquisimeto on 22 October 1869.

The presentDiocese of Coro was established byPope Pius XI on 12 October 1922. On 13 July 1997 it lost territory to establish its suffragan, theDiocese of Punto Fijo.

The diocese was elevated toMetropolitan Archdiocese of Coro on 23 November 23, 1998.^[3][4]

Suffragan Bishops of Coro

• Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera (21 June 1531 Appointed – 6 July 1541), laterBishop of Puerto Rico (1541.07.06 – retired 1567.05.06)^[5]
• Miguel Jerónimo de Ballesteros (Vallesteros) (22 Aug 1546 Appointed – death 1555)^[6]
• Juan de Simancas Simancas (12 June 1556 Appointed – 1561.12.05), later Bishop ofCartagena in Colombia (1561.12.05 – death 1570)
• Pedro de Ágreda Sánchez Martín,Dominican Order (O.P.) (27 June 1561 Appointed – death 1580)^[7]
• Juan Manual Martínez de Manzanillo,O.P. (23 March 1583 Appointed – death 1 Jan 1592)^[8]
• (apparently not consecrated bishop)Pedro Mártir Palomino,O.P. (1 July 1594 Appointed – death 22 Feb 1596)^[9][10]
• Domingo de Salinas,O.P. (10 Nov 1597 Appointed – death 10 June 1600)^[9][11]
• Domingo de Oña,Mercedarians (O. de M.) (27 Aug 1601 Appointed – 27 June 1605), later Bishop ofGaeta (Italy) (1605.02.27 – death 1626.10.13)^[9][12]
• Antonio de Alzega (Alcega),Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (12 Dec 1605 Confirmed – death 13 May 1610^[9][13]
• Juan Bartolomé de Bohorquez e Hinojosa, O.P. (17 Jul 1611 Appointed – 13 Nov 1617), laterBishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (Mexico) (1617.11.13 – 1633.09)^[9][14]
• Gonzalo de Angulo,Order of Minims (O.M.) (20 Nov 1617 Appointed – death 17 May 1633)^[9][15]
• Juan López de Agurto de la Mata (1634.11.20 – 1637.06.20), previously Bishop ofBishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) ([1630.07.20] 1631.02.10 – 1634.11.20); later Bishop ofCaracas (Venezuela) (1637.06.20 – death 1637.12.24)^[9][16]

(Diocese suppressed 1637)

• Victor José Díez Navarrete (1868.06.22 – 1869.10.22), later Bishop ofBarquisimeto (Venezuela) (1869.10.22 – death 1893)

• Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández † (22 June 1923 – 10 Nov 1939); later Titular Archbishop ofRhizæum (1939.11.10 – 1946.05.13) &Coadjutor Archbishop ofCaracas (Venezuela) (1939.11.10 – 1946.05.13), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (1946.05.13 – 1955.09.09)
• Francisco José Iturriza Guillén,Salesians (S.D.B.) † (10 Nov 1939 – retired 20 May 1980)
• Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales (20 May 1980 – 23 Dec 1992), also President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (1990 – 1996); previously Titular Bishop ofAquæ Albæ in Byzacena (1970.12.02 – 1980.05.20) &Auxiliary Bishop ofCaracas (Venezuela) (1970.12.02 – 1980.05.20); later Metropolitan Archbishop ofMaracaibo (1992.12.23 – 1999.06.05),Archbishop-Bishop ofLos Teques (Venezuela) (1999.06.05 – 2004.12.30)
• Roberto Lückert León (1993.07.21 – 21 July 1993see below), previously Bishop ofCabimas (Venezuela) (1985.04.27 – 1993.07.21)

• Roberto Lückert León (see above 21 July 1993 – 25 Oct 2016); alsoApostolic Administrator of his suffraganPunto Fijo (Venezuela) (2014.02.21 – 2016.08.14)
• Mariano José Parra Sandoval (25 Oct 2016 - 31 Oct 2023)
• Victor Hugo Basabe (31 Oct 2023 - present)^[17][18]

• Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares (priest here, 1985-1997), appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela in 2003

• Catholic Church in Venezuela

• GCatholic with incumbent biography links

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