Diocese of

Guarenas

Venezuela Venezuela

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Guarenas / Guarenen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Caracas

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Copacabana (November 22)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 21

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Calle Comercio con Prolongación, Calle Miranda, Casa N° 14 Pueblo Arriba, Guarenas, Estado Miranda, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.12.11 – ...):Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla (65)Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Guarenas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla (65)Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla (65)
(2020.12.11 – ...)

Bishop of Guarenas (Venezuela)

Servire ecclesiæ Christi

Born:1960.02.28 (Caracas, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1984.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:2012.07.08

Priest of Valencia (Venezuela) (1984.08.05 – 2012.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Ausuccura (2012.04.04 – 2020.12.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (2012.04.04 – 2020.12.11)

Bishop of Guarenas (Venezuela) (2020.12.11 – ...)

Bishop Gustavo García Naranjo (81)Bishop Gustavo García Naranjo (81)
(1996.11.30 – 2020.12.11)

Bishop emeritus of Guarenas (Venezuela)

Born:1944.07.01 (Caracas, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1975.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1997.01.11

Bishop of Guarenas (Venezuela) (1996.11.30 – 2020.12.11)

Special Churches

Los Teques (←), La Guaira (↖), Barcelona (→), Valle de la Pascua (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,186 km²

Population: 477,228 Catholics (76.0% of 627,932 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 21 priests (12 diocesan, 9 religious), 12 deacons, 19 religious (10 brothers, 9 sisters), 10 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

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