Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo, Venezuela

Roman Catholic diocese in Venezuela

Diocese of Trujillo Dioecesis Truxillensis in Venetiola

Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Mérida
Statistics
Area	7,400 km (2,900 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 712,697 677,062 (95.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	4 June 1957 (67 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Paz
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Trinidad Fernández Angulo
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo (Latin: Dioecesis Truxillensis in Venetiola) is a diocese located in the city of Trujillo in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.

History

On 4 June 1957 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Trujillo from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida.

The episcopal headquarters is in the city of Trujillo, where the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is located.

Its territory is divided into 79 parishes, a Rectory and a Vicariate.

Antonio Ignacio Camargo † (2 Sep 1957 – 13 Dec 1961)
José Léon Rojas Chaparro † (13 Dec 1961 – 11 Jun 1982)
Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña † (11 Jun 1982 – 3 Apr 2012)
Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, OCD † (3 Apr 2012 – 8 Jan 2021)
José Trinidad Fernández Angulo (15 Jul 2021 – present)

José Léon Rojas Chaparro † (1961)
Rosalio José Castillo Lara, SDB † (1973-1975), did not succeed to see; appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law
Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña † (1976-1982)

Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo †, appointed Bishop of Valle de la Pascua in 1992
José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 1997
José Luis Azuaje Ayala, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto in 1999
Ramón José Aponte Fernández, appointed Bishop of Valle de la Pascua in 2004
Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte, appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military in 2015
Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza, appointed Bishop of Punto Fijo in 2016

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