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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas
Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Caracarum
Arquidiocesis Metropolitano de Caracas
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Ann
Location
Country
Venezuela
Territory
Municipio Libertador, Municipio Chacao, Municipio Sucre, Municipio El Hatillo, Municipio Baruta.
Ecclesiastical province
Province of Caracas
Statistics
Area
382 sq mi (990 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2006) 4,644,000 3,960,000 (85.3%)
Parishes
116
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Rite
Latin Rite
Established
21 June 1531 (492 years ago)
Cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Archbishop
Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Metropolitan Archbishop
Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Auxiliary Bishops
Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo
Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima
Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán
Map
Website
website
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas is an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela. It was founded as the Diocese of Caracas on June 20, 1637, and was later elevated to the rank of a metropolitan see on November 27, 1803.
This episcopal see occupies a territory of about 790 square kilometers and is not unlikely to be given several auxiliary bishops. The most recent metropolitan archbishop had been Jorge Urosa, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on September 19, 2005 (and elevated to cardinal in 2006); retirement accepted July 9, 2018 by Pope Francis. Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo was also appointed as apostolic administrator at the same day.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana, in national capital Caracas, Distrito Federal, which also has three minor basilicas: Basílica de Santa Teresa, Basílica San Pedro Apóstol and Basílica Santuario de Santa Capilla (also a national shrine).
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