Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure

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Diocese of San Fernando de Apure

Dioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi Apurensis
Location
Country Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province Calabozo
Statistics
Area76,500 km2 (29,500 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2004)
415,000
352,750 (85.0%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established7 June 1954 (67 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón
Map
Diocesis de San Fernando de Apure.svg
Victor Manuel Perez Rojas, Bishop of this diocese 2001-2016 Monsenor Victor Manuel Perez Rojas.jpg
Víctor Manuel Pérez Rojas, Bishop of this diocese 2001-2016

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure (Latin : Dioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi Apurensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo in Venezuela.

Contents

Its cathedral episcopal see is, located in the city of San Fernando de Apure.

History

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Territorial Prelates of San Fernando de Apure
Suffragan Bishops of San Fernando de Apure

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