Military Ordinariate of Venezuela

The Military Ordinariate of Venezuela (Spanish: Ordinariato Militar de Venezuela) is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Immediately exempt to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Venezuelan Armed Forces and their families.

Military Ordinariate of Venezuela Ordinariatus Militaris Venetiola Ordinariato Militar de Venezuela
Location
Country	Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	31 October 1995 (29 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte

History

The military ordinary was established by Pope John Paul II on 31 October 1995.

Military ordinaries

• Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce (appointed 11 February 1996 – retired 19 December 2000)
• José Hernán Sánchez Porras (19 December 2000 – 13 October 2014)
• Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte (8 June 2015 – present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela