Victor Hugo Basabe

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend, Mons.

Don. Victor Hugo Basabe
Metropolitan Archbishop-designate of Coro
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Coro
ProvinceCoro
MetropolisCoro
Appointed31 October 2023
Orders
Ordination19 August 2000
Consecration21 May 2016
RankMetropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born
Victor Hugo Basabe

(1961-12-17) December 17, 1961 (age 61)
San Carlos de Zulia, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuela
Denomination Catholic Church
OccupationArchbishop, Prelate
Previous post(s)Bishop of San Felipe (2016-2023)
Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto (2018-2023)
Alma mater Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum
Pontifical Lateran University

His Excellency, The Most Reverend, Mons. Don. Victor Hugo Basabe (born on 17 December 1961 in San Carlos de Zulia, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been officially appointed as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro. [1] He was consecrated a bishop in 2016 and served five years as bishop of San Felipe and then from 2018 to 2023 as apostolic administrator Barquisimeto.

Biography

Don. Victor Hugo Basabe was born on 17 December 1961 in San Carlos de Zulia, Venezuela. [2] He earned a degree in jurisprudence at the University of Zulia and then studied philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary of Barquisimeto. [3] He was ordained a priest on 19 August 2000 and incardinated in San Carlos de Zulia. [4] In Rome, he earned a licentiate degree in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University and in theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum. He has served as parish vicar, chancellor and moderator of the diocesan Curia, parish priest, and undersecretary and secretary general of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference. [5]

In March 2016, he was elected bishop of San Felipe. He received his episcopal consecration in May 2016. He served from 2018 to 2023 as apostolic administrator Barquisimeto.

Within the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, he is a member of the Episcopal Commission for management, planning, administration and legal matters. [6]

On 31 October 2023, Pope Francis appointed him as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro. [7]

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