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 suffragan dioceses 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
Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo
Ecclesiastical province of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar
Ecclesiastical province of Coro
Ecclesiastical province of Cumana
Ecclesiastical province of Maracaibo
Ecclesiastical province of Mérida
Ecclesiastical province of Valencia en Venezuela
Eastern Catholic Sui iuris Jurisdictions
For rite-specific Particular churches sui iuris, subject to their Patriarchs :
Defunct jurisdictions
There are no titular sees.
All former prelatures have current successor jurisdictions, mostly after promotion.
Gallery of Archdiocesan sees
Sources and external links
- GCatholic.org.
- Catholic-Hierarchy entry [self-published]