- Source: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia in Venezuela
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
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
= Ordinaries
=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
=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
=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
Maracay
Puerto Cabello
San Carlos de Venezuela
See also
Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
Sources
GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]
Diocese website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia in Venezuela
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia
- Valencia (disambiguation)
- List of Catholic archdioceses
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida in Venezuela
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
- Reinaldo del Prette Lissot
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Cabello
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto