Bishopric of Valle de la Pascua
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Bishopric of Valle de la Pascua
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Calabozo |
| Diocesan bishop | Ramón José Aponte Fernández |
| founding | 1992 |
| surface | 37,997 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 4,260,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 418,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 9.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 13,484 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 8 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 20 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria |
| address | Calle Espana 1, Urb. Guamachal, Valle de la Pascua 2307, Edo. Guarico, Venezuela |
The Diocese of Valle de la Pascua ( lat. : Dioecesis Vallispaschalensis ) is in Venezuela situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Valle de la Pascua . It includes the Leonardo Infante , José Tadeo Monagas , José Félix Ribas and Pedro Zaraza districts of the Guárico state .
history
Pope John Paul II founded the diocese of Valle de la Pascua with the Apostolic Constitution Cum ad aptius on July 25, 1992 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Calabozo and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Caracas as a suffragan diocese.
With the elevation of the Diocese of Calabozo to the Metropolitan Archdiocese on June 17, 1995, it became part of the new ecclesiastical province.
Bishops of Valle de la Pascua
- Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo (July 25, 1992– December 27, 2002, then Bishop of Acarigua - Araure )
- Ramón José Fernández Aponte (since March 5, 2004)