Diocese of Guarenas, Venezuela 🇻🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Guarenas / Guarenen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Caracas

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Copacabana (November 22)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 21

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1996.11.30: Established as Diocese of Guarenas / Guarenen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Los Teques and became suffragan of Caracas)

Contact Info

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

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2026.08.14 – ...):

Bishop Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima (64)

Titular Bishop of Cefala

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Guarenas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2026.08.14 – ...)

Bishop Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla
(2020.12.11 – 2026.08.12)

Servire ecclesiæ Christi

Born:	1960.02.28 (Caracas, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1984.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.07.08
Died:	2026.08.12 (Caracas, Venezuela † 66)

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 – 2026.08.12)

Bishop Gustavo García Naranjo (82)
(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

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de Copacabana, Guarenas, Miranda

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