title: List of Catholic dioceses in Venezuela
text: # 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 $^{[self-published]}$
  