Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia in Venezuela
Appearance
Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela Archidioecesis Valentinus in Venetiola | |
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Location | |
Country | Venezuela |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,921 km2 (1,514 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,850,000 1,650,000 (89.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 12 October 1922 (102 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Socorro |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sede vacante |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela (Latin: Archidioecesis Valentinus in Venetiola) is an archdiocese located in the city of Valencia in Venezuela.
History
[edit]On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Valencia from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas. Pope Paul VI elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 12 November 1974.
Bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- Francisco Antonio Granadillo † (22 Jun 1923 – 13 Jan 1927)
- Salvador Montes de Oca † (20 Jun 1927 – 22 Dec 1934)
- Gregorio Adam Dalmau † (29 Aug 1937 – 12 Jul 1961)
- José Alí Lebrún Moratinos † (19 Mar 1962 – 21 Sep 1972) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas; future Cardinal
- Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez † (9 Nov 1972 – 16 Mar 1990)
- Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino † (16 Mar 1990 – 19 Sep 2005) Appointed, Archbishop of Caracas (Cardinal in 2006)
- Reinaldo del Prette Lissot † (10 Apr 2007 – 21 November 2022)
Auxiliary bishops
[edit]- José Joaquín Troconis Montiel (1977-1986)
- Nelson Antonio Martinez Rust (1982-1992), appointed Bishop of San Felipe
- Reinaldo del Prette Lissot † (1993-1997), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Maracay (later returned here as Archbishop)
- José Sótero Valero Ruz † (1998-2001), appointed Bishop of Guanare
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
[edit]- Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa †, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 1974
- Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 1990
- Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval, appointed Bishop of Puerto Cabello on 1994
- Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 2012
Suffragan dioceses
[edit]See also
[edit]Sources
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Categories:
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Venezuela
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Valencia en Venezuela
- Christian organizations established in 1922
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
- 1922 establishments in Venezuela
- Venezuela stubs
- South American Roman Catholic diocese stubs