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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Ciudad Bolívar

Venezuela Venezuela

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Ciudad Guayana, Maturín

Address: Avenida Andrés Eloy Blanco, Esquina con Avenida Naiguatá, Ciudad Bolívar Apdo. 43, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela

History


Special Churches


Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.08.27 – ...):Archbishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. (61)Archbishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. (61)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ciudad Bolívar (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. (61)Archbishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. (61)
(2011.08.27 – ...)

Born:1951.04.29 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1977.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:2004.02.27

Bishop of Carora (Venezuela) (2003.12.05 – 2011.08.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (2011.08.27 – ...)

Archbishop Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (77)Archbishop Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (77)
(1986.05.26 – 2011.08.27)

Born:1935.04.17 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1960.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1972.07.25

Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela) (1972.05.16 – 1979.08.20)

Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) (1979.08.20 – 1986.05.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (1986.05.26 – 2011.08.27)

Archbishop Crisanto Darío Mata Cova
(1966.04.30 – 1986.05.26)

Born:1915.10.25 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1939.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:1949.11.13
Died:1998.01.09 († 82)

Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela) (1949.10.21 – 1966.04.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (1966.04.30 – 1986.05.26)

Archbishop Juan José Bernal Ortiz
(1958.06.21 – 1965.07.25)

Born:1907.02.02 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1930.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:1949.11.13
Died:1980.10.19 († 73)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1949.10.21 – 1953.01.02)

Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (1953.01.02 – 1958.06.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) (1958.06.21 – 1965.07.25)

Archbishop-Bishop of Los Teques (Venezuela) (1965.07.25 – 1980.10.19)

Bishops of Ciudad Bolívar (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan José Bernal Ortiz (later Archbishop)
(1953.01.02 – 1958.06.21)

(see above)

Bishops of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan José Bernal Ortiz (later Archbishop)
(1949.10.21 – 1953.01.02)

(see above)

Bishop Miguel Antonio Mejía
(1923.06.19 – 1947.10.08)

Born:1877.06.01 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1901.10.13
Consecrated Bishop:1923.10.25
Died:1947.10.08 († 70)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1923.06.19 – 1947.10.08)

Bishop Sixto Sosa Díz
(1918.12.05 – 1923.06.16)

Born:1870.10.20 (Venezuela)
Consecrated Bishop:1915.10.28
Died:1943.05.29 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis (1915.06.14 – 1918.12.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1915.06.14 – 1918.12.05)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1918.12.05 – 1923.06.16)

Bishop of Cumaná (Venezuela) (1923.06.16 – 1943.05.29)

Bishop Sixto Sosa Díz
(Apostolic Administrator 1915.06.14 – 1918.12.05)

Bishop Antonio María Durán
(1891.09.25 – 1917.07.18)

Born:1839.01.16 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1862.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:1891.12.06
Died:1917.07.18 († 78)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1891.09.25 – 1917.07.18)

Bishop Manuel Felipe Rodríguez Delgado
(1885.07.30 – 1887.12.13)

Born:1848.05.25 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1873
Consecrated Bishop:1885.12.13
Died:1887.12.13 († 39)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1885.07.30 – 1887.12.13)

Bishop José Manuel Arroyo Niño
(1856.06.19 – 1884.11.30)

Born:1814.04.09
Ordained Priest:1838.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:1856.12.07
Died:1884.11.30 († 70)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1856.06.19 – 1884.11.30)

Bishop Mariano Fernández Fortique
(1841.07.12 – 1854.02.06)

Born:1791.02.24 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1815.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1842.04.03
Died:1866.11.11 († 75)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1841.07.12 – 1854.02.06)

Titular Bishop of Capharnaum (1854.08.18 – 1866.11.11)

Bishop Mariano Talavera y Garcés
(1828.12.15 – 1842)

Born:1777.09.22 (Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1801
Consecrated Bishop:1829.08.15
Died:1861.12.23 († 84)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1828.12.15 – 1842)

Titular Bishop of Tricale (1828.12.15 – 1861.12.23)

Bishop José Bentura Cabello
(1809 – 1817)

Died:1817

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1809 – 1817)

Bishop José Antonio García Mohedano
(1800.08.11 – 1804.10.17)

Born:1741.04.20 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1801.08.16
Died:1804.10.17 († 63)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1800.08.11 – 1804.10.17)

Bishop Francisco de Ibarra y Herrera (later Archbishop)
(1791.12.19 – 1798.12.14)

Born:1726.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1792.05.27
Died:1806.09.19 († 80)

Bishop of Santo Tomás de Guayana (Venezuela) (1791.12.19 – 1798.12.14)

Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1798.12.14 – 1803.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1803.11.27 – 1806.09.19)

Former Prelates


as of 2012.05.13

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