Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo, Venezuela

Diocese of Trujillo Dioecesis Truxillensis in Venetiola
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Mérida
Statistics
Area	7,400 km2 (2,900 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 712,697 677,062 (95.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	4 June 1957 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Paz
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Trinidad Fernández Angulo
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo (Latin: Dioecesis Truxillensis in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of Trujillo in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.

History[]

On 4 June 1957 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Trujillo from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida.

The episcopal headquarters is in the city of Trujillo, where the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is located.

Its territory is divided into 79 parishes, a Rectory and a Vicariate.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• Antonio Ignacio Camargo † (2 Sep 1957 – 13 Dec 1961)
• José Léon Rojas Chaparro † (13 Dec 1961 – 11 Jun 1982)
• Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña † (11 Jun 1982 – 3 Apr 2012)
• Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D. † (3 Apr 2012 – 8 Jan 2021)
• (15 Jul 2021 – present)

Coadjutors bishops[]

• † (1961)
• Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. † (1973-1975), did not succeed to see; appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law
• Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña † (1976-1982)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

• Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo † , appointed Bishop of Valle de la Pascua in 1992
• , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 1997
• , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto in 1999
• , appointed Bishop of Valle de la Pascua in 2004
• , appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military in 2015
• , appointed Bishop of Punto Fijo in 2016

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

References[]

External links[]

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}

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