Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo

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Diocese of Trujillo
Dioecesis Truxillensis in Venetiola
Statistics
Country: Venezuela
Metropolitan: Mérida
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 7,400 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:

712,697 (2004)
677,062 (95.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Paz
Ordinaries
Bishop: Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo {Latin: Truxillen(sis) in Venetiola} is a diocese located in the city of Trujillo in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.

[edit] History

  • June 4, 1957.06.04: Established as Diocese of Trujillo from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Trujillo (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña (1982.06.11 – present)
    • Bishop José Léon Rojas Chaparro (1961.12.13 – 1982.06.11)
    • Bishop Arturo Ignacio Camargo (1957.09.02 – 1961.12.13)

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