Diocese of Trujillo, Venezuela 🇻🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Trujillo / Truxillen(sis) in Venetiola (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mérida

Neighbouring Dioceses: El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia (↙), Mérida (↙), Cabimas (↖), Carora (↗), Guanare (→), Barinas (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Paz (January 24)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 24

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.06.04: Established as Diocese of Trujillo / Truxillen(sis) in Venetiola (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida and became suffragan of Mérida)

Contact Info

Address: Palacio Episcopal, Apdo. 8, Av. García de Paredes 10-52, Trujillo, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.07.15 – ...):

Bishop José Trinidad Fernández Angulo (62)

Monsignors (8)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Trujillo (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Trinidad Fernández Angulo (62)
(2021.07.15 – ...)

Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Born:	1964.05.24 (Mérida, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1989.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.07.06

Priest of Mérida (Venezuela) (1989.07.30 – 2014.04.17)

Titular Bishop of Cerenza (2014.04.17 – 2021.07.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (2014.04.17 – 2021.07.15)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2018.01.09 – 2022.01.07)

Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela) (2021.07.15 – ...)

Bishop Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D.
(2012.04.03 – 2021.01.08)

Vivere in ossequio di Gesù Cristo

Born:	1951.10.19 (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.08.31
Died:	2021.01.08 (Valera, Venezuela † 69)

Titular Bishop of Vertara (2007.06.30 – 2012.04.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (2007.06.30 – 2012.04.03)

Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela) (2012.04.03 – 2021.01.08)

Religious of Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites). Died of COVID-19.

Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña
(1982.06.11 – 2012.04.03)

Born:	1935.07.19 (Boconó, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1960.10.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.07.25
Died:	2018.03.25 (Trujillo, Venezuela † 82)

Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1960.10.02 – 1974.05.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1974.05.03 – 1976.01.28)

Titular Bishop of Sullectum (1974.05.03 – 1982.06.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1976.01.28 – 1982.06.11)

Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1982.06.11 – 2012.04.03)

Bishop José Léon Rojas Chaparro
(1961.12.13 – 1982.06.11)

Born:	1917.07.18 (Queniquea, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1942.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.10.01
Died:	1982.06.11 († 64)

Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela) (1942.04.04 – 1961.08.24)

Titular Bishop of Capitolias (1961.08.24 – 1961.12.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1961.08.24 – 1961.12.13)

Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1961.12.13 – 1982.06.11)

Bishop Arturo Ignacio Camargo
(1957.09.02 – 1961.12.13)

Born:	1895.07.31 (Independencia, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1917.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.06.27
Died:	1961.12.13 († 66)

Auxiliary Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) (1947.11.26 – 1949)

Titular Bishop of Ombi (1947.11.26 – 1952.01.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) (1949 – 1952.01.08)

Bishop of Calabozo (Venezuela) (1952.01.08 – 1957.09.02)

Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1957.09.02 – 1961.12.13)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. (later Cardinal) (1973.03.26 – 1981.10.05)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña (1976.01.28 – 1982.06.11)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Léon Rojas Chaparro (1961.08.24 – 1961.12.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Paz, Trujillo, Trujillo

El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia (↙), Mérida (↙), Cabimas (↖), Carora (↗), Guanare (→), Barinas (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,400 km²

Population: 837,490 Catholics (93.7% of 893,785 total)

Pastoral Centres: 74 parishes

Personnel: 134 priests (119 diocesan, 15 religious), 68 deacons, 53 religious (15 brothers, 38 sisters), 77 seminarians