The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela ( la, Archidioecesis Valentinus in Venetiola) is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

located in the city of

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

in Venezuela.

History

On 12 October 1922

Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...

established the Diocese of Valencia from the

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas is the Latin an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in part of Venezuela. It was founded as the Diocese of Caracas on June 20, 1637, and was later elevated to the rank of a Metropolitan ...

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

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 Reinaldo del Prette Lissot (17 February 1952 – 21 November 2022) was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate. Del Prette Lissot was born in Venezuela and was ordained to the priesthood in 1976. Del Prette Lissot served as titular bishop of ''Altav ...

† (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 *

† (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 Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filho ...

† , 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 Ramón or Ramon may refer to: People Given name *Ramon (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer * Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest ...

, appointed Bishop of Puerto Cabello on 1994 *

Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla Tulio is a male given name of Latin origin (originally Tullius), which means "the one who leads". It is a fairly common given name in Spanish-speaking countries. Other popular forms are Tullio (Italian) and Túlio (Portuguese). Given name or nickn ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 2012

Suffragan dioceses

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Puerto Cabello Puerto Cabello () is a city on the north coast of Venezuela. It is located in Carabobo State, about 210 km west of Caracas. As of 2011, the city had a population of around 182,400. The city is home to the largest and busiest port in the coun ...

* San Carlos de Venezuela

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
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 {{SouthAm-RC-diocese-stub