# 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 $^{[self-published]}$