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Roberto Lückert León
Roberto Lückert León (9 December 1939 – 16 June 2024) was a Venezuelan Catholic archbishop. He became the first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Coro in the state of Falcón beginning on 23 November 1998. He was the second Vice-President of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela. He was also described as a fervent defender of Venezuelan democracy. Early life Lückert was born in Maracaibo in the state of Zulia on 9 December 1939 into a household of mixed religious beliefs. His father Walter, who had come to Venezuela from Germany, was Lutheran and his mother Carmen Alicia, from Trujillo, was Roman Catholic. He was the eldest of eight siblings. He had his primary and secondary education at the Colegio Gonzaga, which belonged to the Jesuits, in the city of Maracaibo. At the age of 18, he entered the minor seminary in his hometown and spent a year there. Later, at the interdiocesan Seminary of Saint Rose of Lima in Caracas, he studied theology and philosophy. Priesthood On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdiocese ( with some exceptions), or are otherwise granted a titular archbishopric. In others, such as the Lutheran Church of Sweden, the title is only borne by the leader of the denomination. Etymology The word ''archbishop'' () comes via the Latin . This in turn comes from the Greek , which has as components the etymons -, meaning 'chief', , 'over', and , 'guardian, watcher'. Early history The earliest appearance of neither the title nor the role can be traced. The title of "metropolitan" was apparently well known by the 4th century, when there are references in the canons of the First Council of Nicæa of 325 and Council of Antioch of 341, though the term seems to be used generally for all higher ranks of bishop, including patriarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minor Seminary
A minor seminary or high school seminary is a secondary day or boarding school created for the specific purpose of enrolling teenage boys who have expressed interest in becoming Priesthood (Catholic Church), Catholic priests. They are generally Catholic Church, Catholic institutions, and designed to prepare boys both academically and spiritually for vocations to the priesthood and religious (Catholicism), religious life. They emerged in cultures and societies where literacy was not universal, and the minor seminary was seen as a means to prepare younger boys in literacy for later entry into the major seminary. The minor seminary is no longer very familiar in the developed world. The Canon law (Catholic Church), 1917 Code of Canon Law described the purpose of minor seminaries as: "to take care especially to protect from the contagion of the world, to train in piety, to imbue with the rudiments of literary studies, and to foster in them the seed of a divine vocation". Suitable boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Of Coro
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Anne () is a cathedral and basilica located in Coro, Venezuela. Pope Clement VII created the Diocese of Coro in 1531. Construction of the cathedral began in 1583; it is not known who designed the plan with its nave and 2 aisles (3 ''naves'' in Spanish terminology). The tower of the cathedral was built after 1620, and it is believed that the construction work was completed in 1634, almost 50 years after the decision had been made to start the work. It is known that between 1608 and 1615, Francisco Ramírez participated in the construction of the dome and two lateral vaults. Nevada Bartolomé took over the work in 1615 and his role was essential in the continuity of the work and outcome of its construction. The cathedral was among all buildings built before 1713 the most important as it would set a precedent in the architectural features for the construction of the churches of the rest of the country. Conservation Coro and the nearby town of La Vel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Mérida In Venezuela
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida () is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in western Venezuela. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Catedral Basílica Menor de la Inmaculada Concepción de Mérida, a minor basilica located in the city of Mérida. It also has the Minor Basilica of Santa Lucía, in Timotes town, Miranda, Mérida municipality. History * On 16 February 1778 Pope Pius VI established the Diocese of Mérida, on territories split off from the then Diocese of Caracas and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada in Colombia. * It lost territory repeatedly : on 1863.03.07 to establish the Dioceses of Barquisimeto (now a Metropolitan) and Calabozo; on 1897.07.28 to establish Diocese of Zulia; on 1922.10.12 to establish its suffragan Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela * Pope Pius IX elevated the diocese to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida on 11 June 11, 1923. * It lost more territory to establish two more suffragans : on 1957.06.04 Truj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (; born 10 October 1944) is a Venezuelan prelate of the Catholic Church, who was named Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas in 2023 after serving as apostolic administrator there for four and a half years. He was auxiliary bishop of Mérida from 1983 to 1991 and then metropolitan archbishop of Mérida from 1991 to 2023. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2016. Life Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo was born on 10 October 1944 in Caracas. He attended Colegio Fray Luis de León and St. Teresa parish school. He studied philosophy at the Saint Rose of Lima Interdiocesan Seminary in Caracas. He earned a licentiate in theology and a doctorate in pastoral theology at the Pontifical University of Salamanca in Spain. He was ordained to the priesthood on 30 July 1967 by Miguel Antonio Salas Salas. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida on 23 July 1983 and received his episcopal consecration on 17 September 1983 from Cardinal José Lebrún Moratinos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Cumaná
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná () is an archdiocese located in the city of Cumaná in Venezuela. History On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Cumaná from the Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana. Pope John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 16 May 1992. Bishops Ordinaries *Sixto Sosa Díaz (16 June 1923 – 29 May 1943) *Crisanto Darío Mata Cova (21 October 1949 – 30 April 1966) Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar *Mariano José Parra León (30 November 1966 – 12 March 1987) *Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa (12 March 1987 – 17 September 2001) * Diego Padrón (27 March 2002 – 24 May 2018) * Jesús González de Zárate Salas (24 May 2018 – present) Auxiliary bishops * Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco (1937-1939), appointed Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela * Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia (1939-1954), appointed Bishop of Guanare * Eduardo Herrera Riera (1965-1966), appointed Bishop of Guanare * Manuel Felipe Díaz Sán ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his youth, Wojtyła dabbled in stage acting. He graduated with excellent grades from an All-boys school, all-boys high school in Wadowice, Poland, in 1938, soon after which World War II broke out. During the war, to avoid being kidnapped and sent to a Forced labour under German rule during World War II, German forced labour camp, he signed up for work in harsh conditions in a quarry. Wojtyła eventually took up acting and developed a love for the profession and participated at a local theatre. The linguistically skilled Wojtyła wanted to study Polish language, Polish at university. Encouraged by a conversation with Adam Stefan Sapieha, he decided to study theology and become a priest. Eventually, Wojtyła rose to the position of Archbishop of Kra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basilica Of Our Lady Of Chiquinquirá, Maracaibo
The Basilica of Chiquinquirá in Maracaibo () is a church in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The feast day of the church is November 18. It is a colonial church that was built between 1686 and completed in 1858. The basilica enshrines a colonial wooden image made in 1709, the second colonial replica of the famed earliest cotton painting of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá. Pope Benedict XV granted a decree of canonical coronation for the Bishop of Zulia, Arturo Celestino Álvarez on 16 July 1917. The same Pontiff raised her shrine to the status of Minor Basilica Basilicas are Catholic church buildings that have a designation, conferring special privileges, given by the Pope. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectura ... via the Pontifical decree ''Exstat in Civitate'' in 18 May 1920. The rite of coronation was executed on 18 November 1942, twenty five years after its approval due to delayed preparatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Maracaibo
The Archdiocese of Maracaibo () is an archdiocese in Venezuela. Since November 2000, its Archbishop has been Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera. The city of Maracaibo, the second largest in Venezuela, has a population of approximately 2,800,000. The Archdiocese covers a total area of 10,761 square kilometers (4,156 square miles) in Zulia State. History The archdiocese was first established as the Diocese of Mérida by Pope Leo XIII on 28 July 1897 as part of the Archdiocese of Caracas. It was renamed the Diocese of Zulia (2 January 1953) and renamed again as the Diocese of Maracaibo (23 July 1965). Finally it was elevated to Archdiocese on 30 April 1966. Maracaibo was visited by Pope John Paul II in 1985. Bishops Ordinaries * Francisco Marvéz (25 Oct 1897 – 17 Dec 1904) * Arturo Celestino Álvarez (16 Aug 1910 – 18 Dec 1919) Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Calabozo * Marcos Sergio Godoy (8 Mar 1920 – 21 Oct 1957) * José Rafael Pulido Méndez (21 Jun 1958 – 16 Jan 1961) Appo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Bárbara Del Zulia
Santa Bárbara del Zulia is a city of some 80,000 inhabitants in Zulia State in Venezuela. It is located to the south-west of Maracaibo Lake Lake Maracaibo () is located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo (state), Trujillo, and Mérida (state), Mérida. While Maracaibo is commonly referred to as a lake, its current hydrological characteristics may better ..., in the Sur del Lago region of the state. Governor and presidential candidate Manuel Rosales was born in this city on December 12, 1952. Santa Bárbara is connected by two bridges across the Escalante River with the city of San Carlos del Zulia, forming a twin city. Climate References * Emilio Strauss, William Fuenmayor, José Romero.(2000). Atlas del Estado Zulia. Cities in Zulia Populated places established in 1704 1704 establishments in the Spanish Empire {{venezuela-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priesthood In The Catholic Church
The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the holy orders of the Catholic Church. Technically, Bishop in the Catholic Church, bishops are a priestly order as well; however, in common English usage ''priest'' refers only to presbyters and pastors (parish priests). The church's doctrine also sometimes refers to all baptised members (inclusive of the laity) as the "priesthood of all believers#Catholic view, common priesthood", which can be confused with the minister of religion, ministerial priesthood of the ordained clergy. The church has different rules for priests in the Latin Church–the largest Catholic particular church–and in the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. Notably, priests in the Latin Church must take a vow of celibacy, whereas most Eastern Catholic Churches permit married men to be ordained. Deacons are male and usually belong to the diocesan clergy, but, unlike almost all Latin Church (Western Catholic) p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordination
Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform various religious rites and ceremonies. The process and ceremonies of ordination vary by religion and denomination. One who is in preparation for, or who is undergoing the process of ordination is sometimes called an ordinand. The liturgy used at an ordination is commonly found in a book known as an Order of Mass, Ordinal which provides the ordo (ritual and rubrics) for celebrations. Christianity Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican churches In Catholicism and Orthodoxy, ordination is one of the seven sacraments, variously called holy orders or ''Christian laying on of hands, cheirotonia'' ("Laying on of Hands"). Apostolic succession is considered an essential and necessary concept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
