Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas


The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas is the Latin an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in part of Venezuela. It was founded as the Diocese of Caracas on June 20, 1637, and was later elevated to the rank of a Metropolitan see on November 27, 1803.
This episcopal see occupies a territory of about 790 square kilometers and is not unlikely to be given several auxiliary bishops. The current Archbishop had been Jorge Urosa, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on September 19, 2005 ; retirement accepted July 9, 2018 by Pope Francis.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana, in national capital Caracas, Distrito Federal, which also has three Minor Basilicas: Basílica de Santa Teresa, Basílica San Pedro Apóstol and Basílica Santuario de Santa Capilla.

History

Its ecclesiastical province in Venezuela comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following suffragan sees :

Ordnaries

;Bishops of Caracas
;Archbishops of Caracas