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. Don. Victor Hugo Basabe (born on 17 December 1961 in

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) is a Venezuelan prelate of the

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. He has been officially appointed as the Metropolitan Archbishop of

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. He was consecrated a bishop in 2016 and served five years as bishop of San Felipe and then from 2018 to 2023 as apostolic administrator Barquisimeto.

Biography

Don. Victor Hugo Basabe was born on 17 December 1961 in San Carlos de Zulia, Venezuela. He earned a degree in jurisprudence at the

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and then studied philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary of Barquisimeto. He was ordained a priest on 19 August 2000 and incardinated in San Carlos de Zulia. In Rome, he earned a licentiate degree in canon law from the

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and in theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum. He has served as parish vicar, chancellor and moderator of the diocesan Curia, parish priest, and undersecretary and secretary general of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference. In March 2016, he was elected bishop of San Felipe. He received his episcopal consecration in May 2016. He served from 2018 to 2023 as apostolic administrator Barquisimeto. Within the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, he is a member of the Episcopal Commission for management, planning, administration and legal matters. On 31 October 2023, Pope Francis appointed him as the Metropolitan Archbishop of

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References

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