page_title: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas
hierarchical_section_title: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas
caption_attribution_description: Caracas Cathedral, Caracas, Venezuela This is a photo of a Venezuelan monument identified by the ID DISLIR-0041
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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 (and elevated to Cardinal in 2006); 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 (also a National Shrine).
caption: Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Ann
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