The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo ( la, Dioecesis Truxillensis in Venetiola) is a
diocese
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 associ ...
located in the city of
Trujillo in the
Ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of sev ...
of
Mérida in Venezuela.
History
On 4 June 1957
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...
established the Diocese of Trujillo from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida.
The episcopal headquarters is in the city of
Trujillo, where the
Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is located.
Its territory is divided into 79 parishes, a Rectory and a Vicariate.
Bishops
Ordinaries
*Antonio Ignacio Camargo † (2 Sep 1957 – 13 Dec 1961)
*José Léon Rojas Chaparro † (13 Dec 1961 – 11 Jun 1982)
*
Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña † (11 Jun 1982 – 3 Apr 2012)
*
Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez
Càstor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez (19 October 1951 – 8 January 2021) was a Venezuelan Catholic bishop.
Biography
He was born in Venezuela and was ordained to the priesthood in 1975. He served as titular bishop of Vertara and as auxiliary bishop ...
,
O.C.D.
The Discalced Carmelites, known officially as the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel ( la, Ordo Fratrum Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo) or the Order of Discalced Carme ...
† (3 Apr 2012 – 8 Jan 2021)
*
José Trinidad Fernández Angulo (15 Jul 2021 – present)
Coadjutors bishops
*
José Léon Rojas Chaparro † (1961)
*
Rosalio José Castillo Lara
Rosalio José Castillo Lara (4 September 1922 – 16 October 2007) was a Venezuelan prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the Roman Curia for almost all of his career, first with responsibility for rewriting the code of canon law and th ...
, S.D.B. † (1973-1975), did not succeed to see; appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law
*
Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña † (1976-1982)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
*
Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo (16 August 1942 − 30 October 2013) was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1965, Morón Hidalgo was named bishop of the Diocese of Valle la da Pascua in 1992 and then was named bishop of ...
† , appointed Bishop of Valle de la Pascua in 1992
*
José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 1997
*
José Luis Azuaje Ayala, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto in 1999
*
Ramón José Aponte Fernández 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
Valle de la Pascua
Valle de la Pascua is the capital city of the autonomous municipality of Leonardo Infante, Guárico, Venezuela . The city is located in the central plains of Venezuela and was founded on February 25, 1785, by Father Mariano Martí. Along with ...
in 2004
*
Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte Benito may refer to:
Places
* Benito, Kentucky, United States
* Benito, Manitoba, Canada
* Benito River, a river in Equatorial Guinea
Other uses
* Benito (name)
* ''Benito'' (1993), an Italian film
See also
* ''Benito Cereno'', a novella by Herm ...
, appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military in 2015
*
Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza, appointed Bishop of Punto Fijo in 2016
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
The Catholic Church in Venezuela is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela comprises nine archdioceses, three vicariates, a military ordinariate, and two ...
References
External links
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Venezuela
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Mérida in Venezuela
Christian organizations established in 1957
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1957 establishments in Venezuela
Trujillo, Venezuela
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