Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas

Caracas Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese 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, with the suffragan sees of Guarenas, La Guaira, and Los Teques. The current Archbishop is His Eminence Jorge Cardinal Urosa Savino, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on September 19, 2005. The Archbishop of Caracas is also the Primate of the Church in Venezuela.

[edit] 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 Cardinal Quintero Parra (1960-1980)
José Cardinal Lebrún Moratinos (1980-1995)
Antonio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. (1995-2003)
Jorge Cardinal Urosa Savino (2005-present)

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