Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure

Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela

Diocese of San Fernando de Apure

Dioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi Apurensis

Location
Country| Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province| Calabozo
Statistics
Area| 76,500 km2 (29,500 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2004)
415,000
352,750 (85.0%)
Information
Rite| Latin Rite
Established| 7 June 1954 (70 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

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.

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

## History

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* 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

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(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

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* Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

## References

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## External links

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* GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
* Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]

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