Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas

Archdiocese of Caracas
Archidiœcesis Caracarum
Arquidiocesis de Caracas

Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Ann
Location
Country Venezuela
Territory Municipio Libertador, Municipio Chacao, Municipio Sucre, Municipio El Hatillo, Municipio Baruta.
Ecclesiastical province Province of Caracas
Statistics
Area 305 sq mi (790 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
4,150,000
3,528,000 (85%)
Parishes 104
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 21 June 1531 (483 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Jorge Cardinal Urosa
Archbishop of Caracas
Auxiliary Bishops Luis Armando Tineo Rivera, Jesús González de Zarate, Fernando José Castro Aguayo, Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla, José Trinidad Fernández Angulo
Emeritus Bishops Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez
Roberto Dávila Uzcátegui
Website
Archidiocese of Caracas Official (in Spanish)

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas, is an ecclesiastical territory over which it exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction, the Archbishop of Caracas, as a representative 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. This episcopal see occupies a territory of about 790 square kilometers. He is considered a metropolitan see, of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela, with the suffragan sees of Guarenas, La Guaira, and Los Teques. The current Archbishop is Cardinal Jorge Urosa, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on September 19, 2005.

History

Originally, the Episcopal See was established in 1531, according to the Pope Bull Pro Excellentia praeeminentia issued by Pope Clement VII in St. Peter's in Rome on 21 June of that year and was based in Coro, Falcón State, then the capital of Venezuela . Been vacant since 1721 to 1727.[1][2]

The Diocese of Caracas was elevated to Archdiocese for the Bull In universalis ecclesiae regimine issued by Pope Pius VII in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome on November 24, 1803, until this date was under the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Province Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Subsequently, by Royal Decree of July 16, 1804, we gave notice to the creation of this Archdiocese, was assigned and suffragan diocese of Mérida, Maracaibo and Guayana, your first archbishop was Francisco de Ibarra, also was the first bishop born in Venezuela at receive episcopal ordination

List of Bishops and Archbishops of Caracas

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archdiocese of Caracas". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  2. ↑ "Archdiocese of Caracas". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-19.

External links

Coordinates: 10°30′22″N 66°54′51″W / 10.50611°N 66.91417°W