Valle de la Pascua is the capital city of the autonomous municipality of Leonardo Infante, Guárico, Venezuela. The city is located in the central plains of Venezuela and was founded on February 25, 1785, by Father Mariano Martí. Along with Zaraza, Calabozo and San Juan de Los Morros, Valle de la Pascua is one of the most important cities in the state of Guárico and the most important economically. The vicinity of the city was the scene of the Battle of Valle de la Pascua in February 1814.
The Archdiocese of Maracaibo is an archdiocese in Venezuela. Since November 2000, its Archbishop has been Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera. The city of Maracaibo, the second largest in Venezuela, has a population of approximately 2,800,000. The Archdiocese covers a total area of 10,761 square kilometers in Zulia State.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Calabozo, Venezuela. It was a diocese until 1995.
Zaraza is a Venezuelan city and the capital of Pedro Zaraza Municipality, located in eastern Guárico in the region of Los Llanos. It is named after a Venezuelan soldier who fought with Gregor MacGregor.
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.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto is a Latin Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in northwestern Venezuela's Lara state.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in western Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barinas is a suffragan Latin diocese, in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida, in western Venezuela's land-locked Barinas state.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela is a diocese located in the city of San Cristóbal in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo is a diocese located in the city of Trujillo in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guanare is a diocese located in the city of Guanare in the ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto in Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Calabozo in Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Carúpano is a diocese located in the city of Carúpano in the ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita is a diocese located on the island of Isla Margarita in the ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maracay is a diocese located in the city of Maracay in the ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela in Venezuela.
Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic bishop.
The Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral or simply Cathedral of Valle de la Pascua, is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the central and historic center between Atarraya and Guasco streets in front of the Bolívar Square of the city of Valle de la Pascua, in the Leonardo Infante municipality in the state of Guárico in the central plains of the South American country of Venezuela.
Antonio José López Castillo was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic priest and prelate. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maracaibo from 1988 to 1992 and the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barinas from 1992 to 2001. He then served as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calabozo from 2001 to 2007 and the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto from 2007 until his retirement in March 2020.
