Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas

Archdiocese of Caracas
Archidiœcesis Caracarum
Arquidiocesis de Caracas

Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Ann
Location
Country Venezuela
Territory Municipio Libertador, Municipio Chacao, Municipio Sucre, Municipio El Hatillo, Municipio Baruta.
Ecclesiastical province Province of Caracas
Statistics
Area 382 sq mi (990 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
4,644,000
3,960,000 (85.3%)
Parishes 116
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 21 June 1531 (485 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Auxiliary Bishops Luis Armando Tineo Rivera
Jesús González de Zarate
Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla
José Trinidad Fernández Angulo
Emeritus Bishops Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez
Roberto Dávila Uzcátegui
Website
Archidiocese of Caracas Official (in Spanish)

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan 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 see on November 27, 1803.

This episcopal see occupies a territory of about 790 square kilometers and is not unlikely to be given several Auxiliary bishops. The current Archbishop is Cardinal Jorge Urosa, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on September 19, 2005.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana, in national capital Caracas, Distrito Federal, which also has three Minor Basilicas: Basílica de Santa Teresa, Basílica San Pedro Apóstol and Basílica Santuario de Santa Capilla (also a National Shrine).

History

Province

Its ecclesiastical province in Venezuela comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following suffragan sees :

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Diocese of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela)

Established: 20 June 1637 from the suppressed Diocese of Coro
Latin Name: Caracensis o S. Iacobi in Venezuela
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santo Domingo

Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

Elevated: 27 November 1803
Latin Name: Caracensis o S. Iacobi in Venezuela

See also

References

  1. "Archdiocese of Caracas" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 19, 2016
  2. "Archdiocese of Caracas" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 19, 2016
  3. "Bishop Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 10°30′22″N 66°54′51″W / 10.50611°N 66.91417°W / 10.50611; -66.91417

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