List of Catholic dioceses in Venezuela
# List of Catholic dioceses in Venezuela

The diocesan system of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela, united in the episcopal conference, comprises :

* nine Latin ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan (who has an archdiocese), including a total of 23 suffragandioceses each headed by a bishop.
* four exempt Latin jurisdictions : the military ordinariate and three pre-diocesan apostolic vicariates.
* two Eastern Catholic exempt apostolic exarchates for rite-specific particular churches sui iuris

## Current Dioceses

### Exempt Latin Sui iuris Jurisdictions

* Military Ordinariate of Venezuela, for the armed forces
* pre-diocesan missionary circumscriptions:
   * Vicariate Apostolic of Caroní
   * Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho
   * Vicariate Apostolic of Tucupita

### Latin ecclesiastical provinces

**Ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto**

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto
   * Diocese of Acarigua–Araure
   * Diocese of Carora
   * Diocese of Guanare
   * Diocese of San Felipe

**Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo**

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabozo
   * Diocese of San Fernando de Apure
   * Diocese of Valle de la Pascua

**Ecclesiastical province of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela**

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
   * Diocese of Guarenas
   * Diocese of La Guaira
   * Diocese of Los Teques
   * Diocese of Petare

**Ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar**

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar
   * Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
   * Diocese of Maturín

**Ecclesiastical province of Coro**

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Coro
   * Diocese of Punto Fijo

**Ecclesiastical province of Cumana**

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cumaná
   * Diocese of Barcelona
   * Diocese of Carúpano
   * Diocese of El Tigre
   * Diocese of Margarita

**Ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo**

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maracaibo
   * Diocese of Cabimas
   * Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia
   * Diocese of Machiques

**Ecclesiastical province of Mérida**

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida
   * Diocese of Barinas
   * Diocese of Guasdualito
   * Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
   * Diocese of Trujillo

**Ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela**

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela
   * Diocese of Maracay
   * Diocese of Puerto Cabello
   * Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela

### Eastern Catholic Sui iuris Jurisdictions

For rite-specific Particular churches sui iuris, subject to their Patriarchs :

**Byzantine rite, under the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch**

* Melkite Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela

**Antiochian Rite, under the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch**

* Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela

## Defunct jurisdictions

There are no titular sees.

All former prelatures have current successor jurisdictions, mostly after promotion.

## Gallery of Archdiocesan sees

* The seat of the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen.
* The seat of the Archdiocese of Caracas is Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana.
* The seat of the Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar is Catedral de Santo Tomás.
* The seat of the Archdiocese of Maracaibo is Catedral de San Pedro y San Pablo.
* The seat of the Archdiocese of Valencia is Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Socorro.

## Sources and external links

* GCatholic.org.
* Catholic-Hierarchy entry $^{[self-published]}$
