Archdiocese of Valencia in Venezuela
The Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Valencia in Venezuela.
History
On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Valencia from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas. Pope Paul VI elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 12 November 1974.Bishops
Ordinaries
- Francisco Antonio Granadillo †
- Salvador Montes de Oca †
- Gregorio Adam Dalmau †
- José Alí Lebrún Moratinos † Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas; future Cardinal
- Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †
- Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino † Appointed, Archbishop of Caracas
- Reinaldo del Prette Lissot †
Auxiliary bishops
- José Joaquín Troconis Montiel
- Nelson Antonio Martinez Rust, appointed Bishop of San Felipe
- Reinaldo del Prette Lissot †, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Maracay
- José Sótero Valero Ruz †, appointed Bishop of Guanare
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa †, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 1974
- Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 1990
- Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval, appointed Bishop of Puerto Cabello on 1994
- Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 2012