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Roman Catholic Diocese of Los Teques

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
2,295 km²

Country
  
Venezuela

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+58 212-3219692

Roman Catholic Diocese of Los Teques

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 1,300,000 1,100,000 (84.6%)

Established
  
23 July 1965 (51 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral San Felipe Neri

Bishop
  
Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez

Address
  
Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Los Teques (Latin: Dioecesis Tequinensis) is a diocese located in the city of Los Teques in the Ecclesiastical province of Caracas in Venezuela.

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History

On 23 July 1965 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Los Teques from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas.

Ordinaries

  • Juan José Bernal Ortiz (1965.07.25 – 1980.10.19)
  • Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. (1981.01.31 – 1995.12.02)
  • Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (1995.12.02 – 1999.04.14)
  • Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales (1999.06.05 – 2004.12.30)
  • Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (2004.12.30 – present)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Los Teques Wikipedia