Diocese of Los Teques

Diocese of Los Teques

Dioecesis Tequinensis
Cathedral
Location
CountryVenezuela
Ecclesiastical provinceCaracas
Statistics
Area2,295 km2 (886 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 1,300,000
  • 1,100,000 (84.6%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established23 July 1965 (60 years ago)
CathedralSt. Philip Neri Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopFreddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez
Bishops emeritusRamón Ovidio Pérez Morales
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Los Teques (Latin: Dioecesis Tequinensis) is a diocese located in the city of Los Teques in the ecclesiastical province of Caracas in Venezuela.

History

On 23 July 1965, Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Los Teques from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Juan José Bernal Ortiz (25 July 1965 – 19 October 1980), Archbishop (personal title)
  • Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. (31 January 1981 – 2 December 1995)[1]
  • Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (2 December 1995 – 14 April 1999), appointed Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
  • Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales (5 June 1999 – 30 December 2004), Archbishop (personal title)
  • Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (30 December 2004 – present)

Auxiliary bishop

See also

References

  1. ^ Boyett, Colleen; Tarver, H. Micheal; Gleason, Mildred Diane (7 December 2020). Daily Life of Women: An Encyclopedia from Ancient Times to the Present [3 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 1341. ISBN 979-8-216-07158-7. Retrieved 5 November 2025.