The Roman Catholic Diocese of Los Teques ( la, Dioecesis Tequinensis) is a

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located in the city of

Los Teques Los Teques ) is the capital of the state of Miranda and the municipality of Guaicaipuro Municipality. It is located in the capital region of north-central Venezuela. More specifically, southwest of Caracas, 10° 21' 00" N latitude and 67° 02' 3 ...

in the

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Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

in Venezuela.

History

On 23 July 1965

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 ...

established the Diocese of Los Teques from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Juan José Bernal Ortiz (1965.07.25 – 1980.10.19), Archbishop (personal title) * Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. (1981.01.31 – 1995.12.02) * Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (1995.12.02 – 1999.04.14), appointed Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela * Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales (1999.06.05 – 2004.12.30), Archbishop (personal title) * Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (2004.12.30 – present)

Auxiliary bishop

* Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. (1977-1981), appointed Bishop here

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