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[edit]
Exempt Latin Sui iuris Jurisdictions[edit]
- Military Ordinariate of Venezuela, for the armed forces
- pre-diocesan missionary circumscriptions:
Latin ecclesiastical provinces[edit]
Ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto[edit]
Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo[edit]
Ecclesiastical province of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela[edit]
Ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar[edit]
Ecclesiastical province of Coro[edit]
Ecclesiastical province of Cumana[edit]
Ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo[edit]
Ecclesiastical province of Mérida[edit]
Ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela[edit]
Eastern Catholic Sui iuris Jurisdictions[edit]
For rite-specific Particular churches sui iuris, subject to their Patriarchs :
- Byzantine rite, under the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch :
- Antiochian Rite, under the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch :
Defunct jurisdictions[edit]
There are no titular sees.
All former prelatures have current successor jurisdictions, mostly after promotion.
Gallery of Archdiocesan sees[edit]
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The seat of the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen.
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The seat of the Archdiocese of Caracas is Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana.
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The seat of the Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar is Catedral de Santo Tomás.
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The seat of the Archdiocese of Maracaibo is Catedral de San Pedro y San Pablo.
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The seat of the Archdiocese of Valencia is Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Socorro.