Diocese of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela 🇻🇪

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Valle de la Pascua / Vallispaschalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Calabozo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Calabozo (←), Maracay (↖), Los Teques (↖), Guarenas (↑), Barcelona (↗), El Tigre (→), Ciudad Bolívar (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (February 2)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 26

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1992.07.25: Established as Diocese of Valle de la Pascua / Vallispaschalen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Calabozo and became suffragan of Caracas)
1995.06.17: Became suffragan of Calabozo

Contact Info

Address: "Villa La Paz", Calle España N° 1, Urbanización Guamachal I, Código Postal 2307, Valle de la Pascua, Estado Guárico, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.01.11 – ...):

Bishop Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Valle de la Pascua (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo (57)
(2024.01.11 – ...)

Bishop of Valle de la Pascua (Venezuela)

Born:	1968.07.07 (Ciudad de Panamá, Panama)
Ordained Priest:	1998.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.11.23

Priest of La Guaira (Venezuela) (1998.08.15 – 2019.09.17)

Titular Bishop of Badiæ (2019.09.17 – 2024.01.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (2019.09.17 – 2024.01.11)

Bishop of Valle de la Pascua (Venezuela) (2024.01.11 – ...)

Bishop Ramón José Aponte Fernández (77)
(2004.03.05 – 2024.01.11)

Bishop emeritus of Valle de la Pascua (Venezuela)

Born:	1948.09.23 (Carache, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1974.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.05.22

Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1974.08.17 – 2004.03.05)

Bishop of Valle de la Pascua (Venezuela) (2004.03.05 – 2024.01.11)

Bishop Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo
(1992.07.25 – 2002.12.27)

Born:	1942.08.16 (Boconó, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1965.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.10.07
Died:	2013.10.30 († 71)

Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1965.08.01 – 1992.07.25)

Bishop of Valle de la Pascua (Venezuela) (1992.07.25 – 2002.12.27)

Bishop of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela) (2002.12.27 – 2013.10.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Valle de la Pascua, Guárico

Calabozo (←), Maracay (↖), Los Teques (↖), Guarenas (↑), Barcelona (↗), El Tigre (→), Ciudad Bolívar (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 37,000 km²

Population: 352,000 Catholics (82.1% of 429,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 27 priests (25 diocesan, 2 religious), 6 deacons, 17 religious (2 brothers, 15 sisters), 13 seminarians