Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo, Venezuela
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo is a diocese located in the city of Trujillo in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.History
On 4 June 1957 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Trujillo from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida.
The episcopal headquarters is in the city of Trujillo, where the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is located.
Its territory is divided into 79 parishes, a Rectory and a Vicariate.Bishops
Ordinaries
- Antonio Ignacio Camargo †
- José Léon Rojas Chaparro †
- Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña †
- Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D.
Coadjutors bishops
- José Léon Rojas Chaparro †
- Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †, did not succeed to see; appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law
- Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña †
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo †, appointed Bishop of Valle de la Pascua in 1992
- José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 1997
- José Luis Azuaje Ayala, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto in 1999
- Ramón José Aponte Fernández, appointed Bishop of Valle de la Pascua in 2004
- Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte, appointed Bishop of Venezuela, Military in 2015
- Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza, appointed Bishop of Punto Fijo in 2016
