Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas

Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Caracarum

Arquidiocesis Metropolitano de Caracas
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Ann
Location
Country Venezuela
TerritoryMunicipio Libertador, Municipio Chacao, Municipio Sucre, Municipio El Hatillo, Municipio Baruta.
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Caracas
Statistics
Area382 sq mi (990 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
4,644,000
3,960,000 (85.3%)
Parishes116
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established21 June 1531 (492 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopBaltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Metropolitan ArchbishopBaltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Auxiliary Bishops
  • Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo
  • Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima
  • Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán
Map
Website
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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 most recent Metropolitan Archbishop had been Jorge Urosa, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on September 19, 2005 (and elevated to Cardinal in 2006); retirement accepted July 9, 2018 by Pope Francis. Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo was also appointed as Apostolic Administrator at the same day.

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 archdiocese and the following suffragan sees:

Bishops

Ordinaries

Bishops of Caracas
Archbishops of Caracas
  • Francisco de Ibarra (1803–1806)
  • Narciso Coll y Prat (1808–1822), appointed Bishop of Palencia
  • Ramón Méndez (1827–1839)
  • Ignacio Fernández Peña (1841–1849)
  • Silvestre Guevara y Lira (1852–1876)
  • José Antonio Ponte (1876–1883)
  • Críspulo Uzcátegui (1884–1904)
  • Juan Bautista-Castro (1904–1915)
  • Felipe Rincón González (1916–1946)
  • Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández (1946–1955)
  • Rafael Arias Blanco (1955–1959)
  • Cardinal José Humberto Quintero Parra (1960–1980)
  • Cardinal José Lebrún Moratinos (1980–1995)
  • Cardinal Ignacio Velasco, S.D.B. (1995–2003)
  • Cardinal Jorge Urosa (2005–2018)
  • Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (2023–present)

Coadjutor bishops

  • Juan Bautista-Castro (1903–1904)
  • Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández (1939–1946)
  • Rafael Arias Blanco (1952–1955)
  • José Lebrún Moratinos (1972–1980); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops

  • Nicolás Eugenio Navarro (1943–1960)
  • Ramón J. Lizardi (1956–1972)
  • José Rincón Bonilla (1961–1984)
  • Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez (1962–1972), appointed Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela
  • Jesús Maria Pellin (1965–1969)
  • Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales (1970–1980), appointed Bishop of Coro
  • Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce (1972–1996), appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military
  • Ramón Hernández Peña (1974–1976), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo
  • Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa (1974–1987), appointed Bishop of Cumaná
  • Miguel Delgado Avila, S.D.B. (1979–1991), appointed Bishop of Barcelona
  • Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino (1982–1990), appointed Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela (later returned here as Archbishop); future Cardinal
  • José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B. (1985–1987), appointed Bishop of Maracay
  • Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (1990–1991), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Guayana
  • Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez (1990–1994), appointed Bishop of Maturín
  • Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (1990–1995), appointed Bishop of Los Teques
  • Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui (1992–2005)
  • Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo (1995–1997), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of La Guaira
  • José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo (1997–2001), appointed Bishop of La Guaira
  • Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. (1997–2009)
  • Saúl Figueroa Albornoz (1997–2011), appointed Bishop of Puerto Cabello
  • Luis Armando Tineo Rivera (2007–2013), appointed Bishop of Carora
  • Jesús González de Zárate Salas (2007–2018), appointed Archbishop of Cumaná
  • Fernando José Castro Aguayo (2009–2015), appointed Bishop of Margarita
  • Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla (2012–2020), appointed Bishop of Guarenas
  • José Trinidad Fernández Angulo (2014–2021), appointed Bishop of Trujillo
  • Enrique José Parravano Marino, S.D.B. (2016–2019), appointed Bishop of Maracay
  • Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo (2019–)
  • Carlos Márquez Delima (2021-)
  • Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán (2021-)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • José Manuel Arroyo y Niño, appointed Bishop of Guayana in 1856
  • Román Lovera, appointed Bishop of Mérida in 1880
  • Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt, appointed Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba in 1941 (Cardinal in 1946)

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

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