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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure
Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi Apurensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Calabozo in Venezuela.
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Diocese of San Fernando de Apure Dioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi Apurensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Venezuela |
Ecclesiastical province | Calabozo |
Statistics | |
Area | 76,500 km2 (29,500 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 415,000 352,750 (85.0%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 7 June 1954 (69 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón |
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Its cathedral episcopal see is, located in the city of San Fernando de Apure.
- It was established on 7 June 1954 as Territorial Prelature of San Fernando de Apure, on territories split off from the Dioceses of Calabozo and San Cristóbal de Venezuela
- Promoted on 12 November 1974 as Diocese of San Fernando de Apure
- It lost territory on 3 December 2015 to establish (part of) the Diocese of Guasdualito
(all Roman rite)
- Territorial Prelates of San Fernando de Apure
- Bishop-prelate Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez (1966.11.30 – 1971.03.25), Titular Bishop of Rusticiana (1966.11.30 – 1971.03.25); later Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela) (1971.03.25 – retired 1994.04.16)
- Bishop-prelate Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui (1972.06.23 – 1974.11.12 see below), Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana (1972.06.23 – 1974.11.12)
- Suffragan Bishops of San Fernando de Apure
- Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui (see above 1974.11.12 – 1992.06.23); later Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1992.06.23 – 2005.12.12 retired) & Titular Bishop of Arindela (1992.06.23 – ...)
- Apostolic Administrator (1992.05.27 – 1994.07.12) Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B. while Titular Bishop of Utimmira (1989.10.23 – 1995.05.27) & Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) (1989.10.23 – 1995.05.27); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1995.05.27 – death 2003.07.06), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (2001.02.21 [2001.05.24] – 2003.07.06)
- Mariano José Parra Sandoval (1994.07.12 – 2001.07.10); later Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) (2001.07.10 – 2016.10.25), Archbishop of Coro (2016.10.25 - ...)
- Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas (2001.11.07 – 2016.07.15 retired); previously Titular Bishop of Tagaria (1998.05.09 – 2001.11.07) & Auxiliary Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) (1998.05.09 – 2001.11.07)
- Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón (2016.07.15 - ...); previously Titular Bishop of Sassura (2013.07.15 - 2016.07.15) & Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida (Venezuela) (2013.07.15 - 2016.07.15)
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