The Diocese of Acarigua–Araure (Latin: Acariguaruen(sis)) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto in Venezuela.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Corteza, in the city of Acarigua.
History
On 27 December 2002, Pope John Paul II established as Diocese of Acarigua – Araure, on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guanare.
Episcopal ordinaries
- Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo (2002.12.27 – death 2013.10.30)
- Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar (2015.08.10 – 2021.11.16), appointed Bishop of Petare
- Gerardo Salas Arjona (2022.08.22 – Present)