Vicar Apostolic of Caroní
Bishop Gonzalo Alfredo Ontiveros Vivas, Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, was born on December 5, 1968, in Capacho Viejo, Táchira, Venezuela, in the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela. He was ordained a priest for San Cristóbal de Venezuela on August 14, 1993. On April 27, 2021, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Caroní. He received episcopal ordination on June 26, 2021, with Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez as principal consecrator and Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez and Luis Alfonso Márquez Molina as co-consecrators. He was installed as Vicar Apostolic of Caroní on July 20, 2021.