Roman Catholic Diocese of Los Teques

Diocese of Los Teques Dioecesis Tequinensis
Cathedral
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Caracas
Statistics
Area	2,295 km2 (886 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,300,000 1,100,000 (84.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	23 July 1965 (51 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral San Felipe Neri
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez
Emeritus Bishops	Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales

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.

Ordinaries

• Juan José Bernal Ortiz (1965.07.25 – 1980.10.19)
• Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. (1981.01.31 – 1995.12.02)
• Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez (1995.12.02 – 1999.04.14)
• Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales (1999.06.05 – 2004.12.30)
• Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (2004.12.30 – present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela

References

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}