Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure

Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= San Fernando de Apure
latin= Dioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi Apurensis
country= Venezuela| metropolitan= Calabozo
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
cocathedral =
area= 76,500
population= 415,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 352,750
catholics_percent= 85.0
bishop= Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure {Latin: " Sancti Ferdinandi Apuren(sis)"} is a diocese located in the city of San Fernando de Apure in the Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo in Venezuela.

History

* June 7, 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of San Fernando de Apure from the Diocese of Calabozo and Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
* November 12, 1974: Promoted as Diocese of San Fernando de Apure

Leadership

* Bishops of San Fernando de Apure (Roman rite)
** Bishop Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas (2001.11.07 – present)
** Bishop Mariano José Parra Sandoval (1994.07.12 – 2001.07.10)
** Cardinal Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B. (Apostolic Administrator 1992.05.27 – 1994.07.12)
** Bishop Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui (1974.11.12 – 1992.06.23)
* Prelates of San Fernando de Apure (Roman rite)
** Bishop Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui (1972.06.23 – 1974.11.12)
** Bishop Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez (1966.11.30 – 1971.03.25)

ource

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/zfer1.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsfer.html Catholic Hierarchy]