Archdiocese of Calabozo
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Calabozo, Venezuela. It was a diocese until 1995.
History
The original diocese of Calabozo, embracing the section of Guárico and portions of the sections of Apure, Zamora, Portuguesa, Cojedes and Guzman Blanco, was created 7 March 1863 by Pius IX as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Caracas, and its first bishop was consecrated 30 October 1881. John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 17 June 1995. As a metropolitan archdiocese, it has 2 suffragans:- Roman Catholic [Diocese of San Fernando de Apure|San Fernando de Apure]
- Roman [Catholic Diocese of Valle de la Pascua|Valle de la Pascua]
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Salustiano Crespo †
- Felipe Neri Sendra †
- Arturo Celestino Álvarez †
- Antonio Ignacio Camargo † Appointed, Bishop of Roman Catholic [Diocese of Trujillo, Venezuela|Trujillo]
- Domingo Roa Pérez † Appointed, Bishop of Maracaibo
- Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. † Appointed, Archbishop of Roman Catholic [Archdiocese of Mérida in Venezuela|Mérida]
- Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M.
- Antonio José López Castillo Appointed, Archbishop of Barquisimeto
- Manuel [Felipe Díaz Sánchez]
Coadjutor bishops
Auxiliary bishops
- Antonio Ignacio Camargo †, appointed Coadjutor here
- Víctor [Manuel Pérez Rojas] †, appointed Bishop of San Fernando de Apure