Diocese of Acarigua–Araure Dioecesis Acariguaruensi
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Barquisimeto
Statistics
Area	5,510 km2 (2,130 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2005) 550,000 485,000 (88.2%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 December 2002 (22 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Corteza
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Vacant

TheDiocese of Acarigua–Araure (Latin:Acariguaruen(sis)) is aLatin Churchdiocese of theCatholic Church. It is asuffragan diocese in theecclesiastical province ofBarquisimeto inVenezuela.

Itscathedral episcopal see is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Corteza, in the city ofAcarigua.

On 27 December 2002,Pope John Paul II established as Diocese of Acarigua – Araure, on territory split off from theRoman Catholic Diocese of Guanare.

• Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo (2002.12.27 – death 2013.10.30)
• Apostolic Administrator Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval (2013.10.31 – 2015.08.10)
• Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar (2015.08.10 – 2021.11.16)

• Catholic Church in Venezuela

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy^{[self-published]}

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