Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in Venezuela

Date	Change
1531.06.21	Diocese of Coro was established (from Diocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Sevilla)
1637.06.20	Diocese of Caracas was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Coro and became suffragan of Santo Domingo)
1637.06.20	Diocese of Coro was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Caracas)
1778.02.16	Diocese of Mérida was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada and Diocese of Caracas and became suffragan of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
1790.05.20	Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana was established (from Diocese of Puerto Rico and became suffragan of Santo Domingo)
1803.11.24	Diocese of Caracas was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas (with suffragan sees Mérida and Santo Tomás de Guayana)
1863.03.07	Diocese of Barquisimeto was established (from Diocese of Mérida and became suffragan of Caracas)
1863.03.07	Diocese of Calabozo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas and Diocese of Mérida and became suffragan of Caracas)
1867.08.14	Diocese of Barquisimeto was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Coro y Barquisimeto)
1867.08.14	Diocese of Coro y Barquisimeto was restored (from the suppressed Diocese of Barquisimeto and became suffragan of Caracas)
1869.10.22	Diocese of Barquisimeto was restored (from the suppressed Diocese of Coro y Barquisimeto and became suffragan of Caracas)
1869.10.22	Diocese of Coro y Barquisimeto was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Barquisimeto)
1897.07.28	Diocese of Zulia was established (from Diocese of Mérida and became suffragan of Caracas)
1922.03.04	Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní was established (from Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana)
1922.10.12	Diocese of Coro was restored (from Diocese of Barquisimeto and became suffragan of Caracas)
1922.10.12	Diocese of Cumaná was established (from Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana and became suffragan of Caracas)
1922.10.12	Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela was established (from Diocese of Mérida and became suffragan of Caracas)
1922.10.12	Diocese of Valencia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas and became suffragan of Caracas)
1923.06.11	Diocese of Mérida was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida (with suffragan see San Cristóbal de Venezuela)
1932.02.05	Apostolic Prefecture of Alto Orinoco was established (from Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana)
1943.05.26	Apostolic Vicariate of Machiques was established (from Diocese of Zulia)
1953.01.02	Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana was renamed as Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar
1953.01.02	Diocese of Zulia was renamed as Diocese of Maracaibo
1953.05.07	Apostolic Prefecture of Alto Orinoco was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho
1954.06.07	Diocese of Barcelona was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar and became suffragan of Caracas)
1954.06.07	Diocese of Guanare was established (from Diocese of Barquisimeto and Diocese of Calabozo and became suffragan of Caracas)
1954.06.07	Territorial Prelature of San Fernando de Apure was established (from Diocese of Calabozo and Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela and became suffragan of Caracas)
1954.07.30	Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní)
1957.06.04	Diocese of Trujillo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida and became suffragan of Mérida)
1958.05.24	Diocese of Maturín was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar and became suffragan of Caracas)
1958.06.21	Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar (with suffragan sees Barcelona, Cumaná and Maturín)
1958.06.21	Diocese of Maracay was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas and Diocese of Calabozo and became suffragan of Caracas)
1965.07.23	Diocese of Barinas was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida and Diocese of Calabozo and became suffragan of Mérida)
1965.07.23	Diocese of Cabimas was established (from Diocese of Maracaibo and became suffragan of Mérida)
1965.07.23	Diocese of Los Teques was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas and became suffragan of Caracas)
1966.04.30	Diocese of Barquisimeto was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto (with suffragan see Guanare)
1966.04.30	Diocese of Maracaibo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maracaibo (with suffragan see Cabimas)
1966.10.07	Diocese of San Felipe was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto and Diocese of Valencia and became suffragan of Barquisimeto)
1969.07.18	Diocese of Margarita was established (from Diocese of Cumaná and became suffragan of Ciudad Bolívar)
1970.04.15	Diocese of La Guaira was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas and became suffragan of Caracas)
1972.05.16	Diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela was established (from Diocese of Valencia and became suffragan of Caracas)
1974.11.12	Territorial Prelature of San Fernando de Apure was promoted as Diocese of San Fernando de Apure
1974.11.12	Diocese of Valencia was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia (with suffragan sees Maracay and San Carlos de Venezuela)
1979.08.20	Diocese of Ciudad Guayana was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar and became suffragan of Ciudad Bolívar)
1988.03.25	Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar lost territory to Diocese of Ciudad Guayana
1990.02.19	Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established
1992.05.16	Diocese of Cumaná was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cumaná (with suffragan sees Barcelona and Margarita)
1992.07.25	Diocese of Carora was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto and became suffragan of Barquisimeto)
1992.07.25	Diocese of Valle de la Pascua was established (from Diocese of Calabozo and became suffragan of Caracas)
1994.07.05	Diocese of Puerto Cabello was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia and became suffragan of Valencia)
1994.07.07	Diocese of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maracaibo, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida and Diocese of Cabimas and became suffragan of Maracaibo)
1995.06.17	Diocese of Calabozo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabozo (with suffragan sees San Fernando de Apure and Valle de la Pascua)
1995.10.31	Military Ordinariate of Ordinariato Militar de Venezuela was established
1996.11.30	Diocese of Guarenas was established (from Diocese of Los Teques and became suffragan of Caracas)
1997.07.12	Diocese of Punto Fijo was established (from Diocese of Coro and became suffragan of Maracaibo)
1998.11.23	Diocese of Coro was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Coro (with suffragan see Punto Fijo)
2000.04.04	Diocese of Carúpano was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cumaná and became suffragan of Cumaná)
2001.06.22	Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Syriac Rite) was established
2002.12.27	Diocese of Acarigua–Araure was established (from Diocese of Guanare and became suffragan of Barquisimeto)
2011.04.09	Apostolic Vicariate of Machiques was promoted as Diocese of Machiques (became suffragan of Maracaibo)
2015.12.03	Diocese of Guasdualito was established (from Diocese of Barinas and Diocese of San Fernando de Apure and became suffragan of Mérida)
2018.05.31	Diocese of El Tigre was established (from Diocese of Barcelona and became suffragan of Cumaná)
2021.11.16	Diocese of Petare was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas and became suffragan of Caracas)