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19 September 2005
Urosa Savino named Caracas Santiago de Venezuela Archbishop
Archbishop Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino was named Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela. The archdiocese had been vacant since the death of Archbishop Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, S.D.B. in July, 2003. Archbishop Urosa Savina had been serving as Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela since 1990.
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