Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure

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Diocese of San Fernando de Apure
Dioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi Apurensis
Statistics
Country: Venezuela
Metropolitan: Calabozo
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 76,500 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
415,000 (2004)
352,750 (85.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Ordinaries
Bishop: Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas

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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Source

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