Archdiocese of Valencia in Venezuela

Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela

*Archidioecesis Valentinus in Venetiola*
Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela; Archidioecesis Valentinus in Venetiola
	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Help
Location
Country	Venezuela
Statistics
Area	3,921 km2 (1,514 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2004); 1,850,000; 1,650,000 (89.2%);
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12 October 1922 (103 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Socorro
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Jesús González de Zárate Salas
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The Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela (Latin: Archidioecesis Valentinus in Venetiola) 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.

Francisco Antonio Granadillo † (22 Jun 1923 – 13 Jan 1927)
Salvador Montes de Oca † (20 Jun 1927 – 22 Dec 1934)
Gregorio Adam Dalmau † (29 Aug 1937 – 12 Jul 1961)
José Alí Lebrún Moratinos † (19 Mar 1962 – 21 Sep 1972) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas; future Cardinal
Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez † (9 Nov 1972 – 16 Mar 1990)
Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino † (16 Mar 1990 – 19 Sep 2005) Appointed, Archbishop of Caracas (Cardinal in 2006)
Reinaldo del Prette Lissot † (10 Apr 2007 – 21 November 2022)
Jesús González de Zárate Salas (since 28 June 2024)

José Joaquín Troconis Montiel (1977-1986)
Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust (1982-1992), appointed Bishop of San Felipe
Reinaldo del Prette Lissot † (1993-1997), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Maracay (later returned here as Archbishop)
José Sótero Valero Ruz † (1998-2001), appointed Bishop of Guanare

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