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Diocese of Valencia
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Valencia en Venezuela is a metropolitan archdiocese in Carabobo State, founded as a diocese in 1922 and elevated to archdiocese in 1974, with suffragans Maracay, Puerto Cabello, and San Carlos. Its archbishop since 2024 is Jesús Andoni González de Zárate Salas. Note: this see is an archdiocese, not a diocese.
- Archbishop
- Jesús González de Zárate Salas
- Established
- 1922 (archdiocese 1974)
- Cathedral
- Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Socorro
- Patron
- Our Lady of Help (Nuestra Señora del Socorro)
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Valencia en Venezuela (Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela)
- Catholics
- 1,650,000
Neighbouring dioceses
- Puerto Cabello 33 km
- Maracay 46 km
- San Felipe 83 km
- Diocese of Los Teques 107 km
- Diocese of La Guaira 129 km
- Diocese of Caracas 130 km
Parishes near the see
- La Divina Pastora · Valencia 1 km
- Espíritu Santo · Valencia 1 km
- Jesús de Nazareth · Valencia 1 km
- María Madre de la Misericordia · Valencia 1 km
- La Milagrosa · Valencia 1 km
- Nuestra Señora de Candelaria · Valencia 1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08