title: José Sótero Valero Ruz
text: # José Sótero Valero Ruz
  
  José Sótero Valero Ruz (April 22, 1936 – June 29, 2012) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guanare, Venezuela.
  
  Ordained to the priesthood in 1966, Valero Ruz was named bishop in 1998 and resigned in 2011.
  
  