José de Jesús Núñez Viloria explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
José de Jesús Núñez Viloria
Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guayana
Metropolis:Ciudad Bolívar
Diocese:Ciudad Guayana
Appointed:13 January 1987
Term End:21 July 1990
Predecessor:Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero
Successor:Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera
Previous Post:Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar and Titular Bishop of Cenae (1982–1987)
Ordination:12 August 1962
Consecration:19 March 1982
Consecrated By:José Léon Rojas Chaparro
Birth Date:1938 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Betijoque, Venezuela
Death Place:Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

José de Jesús Núñez Viloria (2 January 1938 – 3 July 2024) was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, who served as an auxiliary bishop of Ciudad Bolívar (1982–1987) and a diocesan bishop of Ciudad Guayana (1987–1990).

Biography

Núñez Viloria was born in Betijoque, Trujillo State in Venezuela and was ordained priest on 12 August 1962.

He was elected to the titular see of Cenae and at the same time appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar on 8 January 1982, he received the episcopal consecration on the following 19 March. On 13 January 1987, he was transferred as a diocesan bishop to the residential see of Ciudad Guayana and on 21 July 1990 he renounced the pastoral governance of the diocese.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.osservatoreromano.va/it/news/2024-07/quo-150/lutto-nell-episcopato.html Lutto nell’episcopato