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Archdiocese of Coro Archidioecesis Corensis | |
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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 | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 12 October 1922 (102 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. Ann |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop-designate | Victor Hugo Basabe |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Coro (Latin: Archidioecesis Corensis) is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese in western Venezuela.[1][2]
Its cathedral, the Catedral Basílica de Santa Ana, is a minor basilica. The cathedral is located in the city of (Santa Ana de) Coro, the capital of Falcón State, which has been designated a World 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.