- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas
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Archdiocese of Caracas
Archidiœcesis Caracarum
Arquidiocesis de Caracas
Location Country Venezuela Territory Municipio Libertador, Municipio Chacao, Municipio Sucre, Municipio El Hatillo, Municipio Baruta. Ecclesiastical province Province of Caracas Metropolitan Caracas Statistics Area 305 sq mi (790 km2) Population
- Catholics
5,500,000Parishes 104 Information Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Latin Rite Established June21, 1531 Cathedral Cathedral of Caracas Current leadership Pope Benedict XVI Archbishop Jorge Cardinal Urosa
Archbishop of CaracasAuxiliary Bishop Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez
Saúl Figueroa Albornoz, Luis Armando Tineo Rivera, Jesús González de ZarateEmeritus Bishops Roberto Dávila Uzcátegui Website Archidiocese of Caracas Official (in Spanish) The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas , is an ecclesiastical territory over which it exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction, the Archbishop of Caracas, as a representative of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela. It was founded as the Diocese of Caracas on June 20, 1637, and was later elevated to the rank of a metropolitan see on November 27, 1803. This episcopal see occupies a territory of about 790 square kilometers. He is considered a metropolitan see, of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela, with the suffragan sees of Guarenas, La Guaira, and Los Teques. The current Archbishop is Cardinal Jorge Urosa, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on September 19, 2005. The Archbishop of Caracas is also the Primate of the Church in Venezuela.
History
Originally, the Episcopal See was established in 1531, according to the Pope Bull Pro Excellentia praeeminentia issued by Pope Clement VII in St. Peter's in Rome on 21 June of that year and was based in Coro, Falcón State, then the capital of Venezuela . Been vacant since 1721 to 1727.
The Diocese of Caracas was elevated to Archdiocese for the Bull In universalis ecclesiae regimine issued by Pope Pius VII in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome on November 24, 1803, until this date was under the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Province Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Subsequently, by Royal Decree of July 16, 1804, we gave notice to the creation of this Archdiocese, was assigned and suffragan diocese of Merida, Maracaibo and Guayana, your first archbishop was Francisco de Ibarra, also was the first bishop born in Venezuela at receive episcopal ordination
List of Bishops and Archbishops of Caracas
- Juan Lopez de Agurto de la Mata (1634-1637)
- Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. (1639-1652)
- Alonso de Briceño, O.F.M. (1659-1668)
- Antonio González de Acuña (1670-1682)
- Diego de Baños y Sotomayor (1683-1706)
- Francisco del Rincón, O.M. (1714-1716)
- Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud (1717-1728)
- José Félix Valverde (1728-1738)
- Juan García Abadiano (1742-1747)
- Manuel Jiménez Bretón ( 1749-1749)
- Manuel Machado y Luna (22 Sep 1749-1752)
- Francisco de Antolino (25 Sep 1752- 1755)
- Diego Díez Madroñero (1756-1769)
- Mariano Martí (1770-1792)
- Juan de la Virgen María y Viana (1792-1798)
- Francisco de Ibarra (1798-1806)
- Narciso Coll y Prat (1808-1822)
- Domingo de Silos Moreno, O.S.B. (1818- 1824)
- Ramón Méndez (1827-1839)
- Ignacio Fernández Peña (1841-1849)
- Silvestre Guevara y Lira (1852-1876)
- José Ponte (1876-1883)
- Críspulo Uzcátegui (1884-1904)
- Juan Bautista-Castro (1904-1915)
- Felipe Rincón González (1916-1946)
- Lucas Castillo Hernández (1946-1955)
- Rafael Arias Blanco (1955-1959)
- José Quintero Parra (1960-1980)
- José Lebrún Moratinos (1980-1995)
- Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. (1995-2003)
- Jorge Urosa (2005-present)
External links
Categories:- Caracas
- 1637 establishments
- Religious organizations established in the 1630s
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Venezuela
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 17th century
- South American Roman Catholic diocese stubs
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