Diocese of San Felipe, Venezuela

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Felipe / Sancti Philippi in Venetiola (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Barquisimeto

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

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

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 7

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1966.10.07: Established as Diocese of San Felipe / Sancti Philippi in Venetiola (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto and Diocese of Valencia and became suffragan of Barquisimeto)

Contact Info

Address: Octava Avenida cruce con Avenida Caracas, Apartado 13, San Felipe, Estado Yaracuy, Venezuela

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.11.29 – ...):

Bishop-elect Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Felipe (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona (60)
(2024.11.29 – ...)

Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela)

Born:	1964.03.16 (Trujillo, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1994.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.02.08

Priest of Trujillo (Venezuela) (1994.04.23 – 2024.11.29)

Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela) (2024.11.29 – ...)

Bishop Víctor Hugo Basabe (63) (later Archbishop)
(2016.03.11 – 2023.10.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro (Venezuela)

He sido conquistado por Cristo

Born:	1961.12.17 (Bobures, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	2000.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.05.21

Priest of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia (Venezuela) (2000.08.19 – 2016.03.11)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (2015 – 2018.01.09)

Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela) (2016.03.11 – 2023.10.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (2018.10.05 – 2023.10.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro (Venezuela) (2023.10.31 – ...)

Bishop Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust (80)
(1992.02.29 – 2016.03.11)

Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Venezuela)

Veritas et vita

Born:	1944.06.10 (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.03.25

Titular Bishop of Bararus (1982.01.08 – 1992.02.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela) (1982.01.08 – 1992.02.29)

Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela) (1992.02.29 – 2016.03.11)

Bishop Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez
(1966.11.30 – 1992.02.29)

Born:	1915.07.15 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:	1940.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.08.25
Died:	2004.12.11 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Thapsus (1963.06.25 – 1966.11.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (1963.06.25 – 1966.11.30)

Bishop of San Felipe (Venezuela) (1966.11.30 – 1992.02.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol, San Felipe, Yaracuy

Barquisimeto (←), Coro (↖), Puerto Cabello (→), San Carlos de Venezuela (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,100 km²

Population: 555,000 Catholics (85.8% of 647,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 35 priests (diocesan), 5 deacons, 57 religious (1 brother, 56 sisters), 11 seminarians