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

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

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.

Sources and external links

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