Diocese of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Puerto Cabello / Portus Cabellen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Valencia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: San José (March 19)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1994.07.05: Established as Diocese of Puerto Cabello / Portus Cabellen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia and became suffragan of Valencia)

Contact Info

Address: Calle Bolívar, Nº 3-18 Zona Colonial, Puerto Cabello, Estado Carabobo, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.03.25 – ...):

Bishop José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira (54)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Ordinaries

Bishops of Puerto Cabello (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Antonio Da Conceição Ferreira (54)
(2024.03.25 – ...)

Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela)
General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Dispuesto como María

Born:	1970.06.20 (Caracas, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1998.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.07.06

Priest of Los Teques (Venezuela) (1998.04.25 – 2024.03.25)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2023.07.11 – ...)

Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) (2024.03.25 – ...)

Bishop Saúl Figueroa Albornoz (77)
(2011.04.30 – 2024.03.25)

Bishop emeritus of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela)

Born:	1947.10.23 (Caracas, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1976.10.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.01.10

Priest of Caracas (Venezuela) (1976.10.16 – 1997.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Amudarsa (1997.11.10 – 2011.04.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1997.11.10 – 2011.04.30)

Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) (2011.04.30 – 2024.03.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Valencia (Venezuela) (2022.11.24 – 2024.06.28)

Archbishop Reinaldo Del Prette Lissot
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.04 – 2011.04.30)

Bishop Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D.
(2003.12.05 – 2010.03.13)

Born:	1959.04.06 (San Felipe, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1990.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.02.07
Died:	2022.02.23 (Madrid, Spain † 62)

Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) (2003.12.05 – 2010.03.13)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2006 – 2009)

Bishop Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval (88)
(1994.07.05 – 2002.07.16)

Bishop emeritus of Barinas (Venezuela)

Born:	1936.12.26 (San Carlos, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.10.15

Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) (1994.07.05 – 2002.07.16)

Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela) (2002.07.16 – 2013.08.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela) (2013.12 – 2015.08.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San José, Puerto Cabello, Carabobo

San Felipe (←), Maracay (→), Valencia (↘), San Carlos de Venezuela (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 729 km²

Population: 260,140 Catholics (76.5% of 340,158 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes

Personnel: 20 priests (19 diocesan, 1 religious), 11 religious (2 brothers, 9 sisters), 4 seminarians