Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi Apurensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo in Venezuela.

Diocese of San Fernando de Apure Dioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi Apurensis
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Calabozo
Statistics
Area	76,500 km^2 (29,500 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 415,000 352,750 (85.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	7 June 1954 (66 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón
Map

Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas, Bishop of this diocese 2001-2016

Its cathedral episcopal see is, located in the city of San Fernando de Apure.

History

• It was established on 7 June 1954 as Territorial Prelature of San Fernando de Apure, on territories split off from the Dioceses of Calabozo and San Cristóbal de Venezuela
• Promoted on 12 November 1974 as Diocese of San Fernando de Apure
• It lost territory on 3 December 2015 to establish (part of) the Diocese of Guasdualito

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Territorial Prelates of San Fernando de Apure

• Bishop-prelate Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez (1966.11.30 – 1971.03.25), Titular Bishop of Rusticiana (1966.11.30 – 1971.03.25); later Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela) (1971.03.25 – retired 1994.04.16)
• Bishop-prelate Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui (1972.06.23 – 1974.11.12 see below), Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana (1972.06.23 – 1974.11.12)

Suffragan Bishops of San Fernando de Apure

• Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui (see above 1974.11.12 – 1992.06.23); later Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1992.06.23 – 2005.12.12 retired) & Titular Bishop of Arindela (1992.06.23 – ...)
• Apostolic Administrator (1992.05.27 – 1994.07.12) Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B. while Titular Bishop of Utimmira (1989.10.23 – 1995.05.27) & Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) (1989.10.23 – 1995.05.27); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1995.05.27 – death 2003.07.06), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (2001.02.21 [2001.05.24] – 2003.07.06)
• Mariano José Parra Sandoval (1994.07.12 – 2001.07.10); later Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) (2001.07.10 – 2016.10.25), Archbishop of Coro (2016.10.25 - ...)
• Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas (2001.11.07 – 2016.07.15 retired); previously Titular Bishop of Tagaria (1998.05.09 – 2001.11.07) & Auxiliary Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) (1998.05.09 – 2001.11.07)
• Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón (2016.07.15 - ...); previously Titular Bishop of Sassura (2013.07.15 - 2016.07.15) & Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida (Venezuela) (2013.07.15 - 2016.07.15)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

References

External links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}