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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

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  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.
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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.

Sources and external links

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