Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Venezuela
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- 0100~
- Italica - Spain
- 0200-0300
- Sevilla (separated from Italica?) - Spain
- 0300-0400
- Sevilla (AD) - SpainRegarding Coro and thus Northern and most of Central Venezuela:
- 1511
- Santo Domingo (erected from Spain: Sevilla) - Puerto Rico
- Regarding Mérida and thus Western Venezuela ??:
- 1534
- Cartagena (detached from Santo Domingo ??) - (New Granada) Colombia
- 1536
- Cuzco (established from Spain/Sevilla ??) - Peru
- 1541
- Ciudad de los Reyes / Lima (detached from Cuzco ?) - Peru
- 1546
- Popayán (detached from Lima) - (New Granada) Colombia
- 1562
- Santafé en Nueva Grenada (detached from Cartagena ?? and/or from Popayán ??) - (New Granada) Colombia
- 1564
- Santafé en Nueva Grenada (Metr.) - (New Granada) ColombiaRegarding Santo Tomás de Guayana and thus Eastern and Southern Venezuela:
- 1511
- Puerto Rico (erected from Spain: Sevilla) - Puerto Rico
- 1531
- Coro (established from Santo Domingo) - (New Granada) Venezuela
- 1638
- Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (See transferred from Coro and renamed) - (New Granada) Venezuela
- 1778
- Mérida (detached from Santa Fé de Nueva Granada (Bogota) and from Caracas) - (New Granada) Venezuela
- 1790
- Santo Tomás de Guayana / Guayana /later also called: Guayana of the West Indies, Guayana of South America / Santo Tomás of South America (detached from Puerto Rico) - (New Granada) Venezuela
- 1803
- Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Santo Domingo) - (New Granada) Venezuela
- 1863
- Barquisimeto (detached from Mérida) - Venezuela
- 1863
- Calabozo (detached from Caracas and Mérida) - Venezuela
- 1867
- Coro y Barquisimeto (new name, previously Barquisimeto) - Venezuela
- 1869
- Barquisimeto (new name, previously Coro y Barquisimeto) - Venezuela
- 1897
- Zulia (detached from Mérida) - Venezuela
- 1907
- Barquisimeto / Carabobo - Venezuela
- 1922
- Caroní (AV, detached from Guayana) - Venezuela
- 1922
- Coro (detached from Barquisimeto) - Venezuela
- 1922
- Cumaná (detached from Guayana) - Venezuela
- 1922
- San Cristóbal de Venezuela (detached from Mérida) - Venezuela
- 1922
- Valencia (detached from Caracas) - Venezuela
- 1923
- Mérida (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Caracas) - Venezuela
- 1932
- Upper Orinoco (AP, detached from Guayana) - Venezuela
- 1943
- Machiques (AV, detached from Zulia) - Venezuela
- 1953
- Ciudad Bolívar (new name, previously Guayana) - Venezuela
- 1953
- Maracaibo (new name, previously Zulia) - Venezuela
- 1953
- Puerto Ayacucho (AV, new name, previously Upper Orinoco AP) - Venezuela
- 1954
- Barcelona (detached from Ciudad Bolívar) - Venezuela
- 1954
- Guanare (detached from Barquisimeto, and from Calabozo) - Venezuela
- 1954
- San Fernando de Apure (Prel., detached from Calabozo, and from San Cristóbal de Venezuela) - Venezuela
- 1954
- Tucupita (AV, detached from Caroní) - Venezuela
- 1957
- Trujillo (detached from Mérida) - Venezuela
- 1958
- Ciudad Bolívar (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Caracas) - Venezuela
- 1958
- Maracay (detached from Caracas, and from Calabozo) - Venezuela
- 1958
- Maturín (detached from Ciudad Bolívar) - Venezuela
- 1965
- Barinas (detached from Mérida and from Calabozo) - Venezuela
- 1965
- Cabimas (detached from Maracaibo) - Venezuela
- 1965
- Los Teques (detached from Caracas) - Venezuela
- 1966
- Barquisimeto (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Caracas) - Venezuela
- 1966
- Maracaibo (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Mérida) - Venezuela
- 1966
- San Felipe (detached from Barquisimeto, and from Valencia) - Venezuela
- 1969
- Margarita (detached from Cumaná) - Venezuela
- 1970
- La Guaira (detached from Caracas) - Venezuela
- 1972
- San Carlos de Venezuela (detached from Valencia) - Venezuela
- 1974
- San Fernando de Apure - Venezuela
- 1974
- Valencia (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Caracas) - Venezuela
- 1979
- Ciudad Guayana (detached from Ciudad Bolívar) - Venezuela
- 1990
- Venezuela [Gr.-Melk.] (ApEx) - Venezuela
- 1992
- Cumaná (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Ciudad Bolívar) - Venezuela
- 1992
- Carora (detached from Barquisimeto) - Venezuela
- 1992
- Valle de la Pascua (detached from Calabozo) - Venezuela
- 1994
- El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulía (detached from Maracaibo, from Mérida, and from Cabimas) - Venezuela
- 1994
- Puerto Cabello (detached from Valencia) - Venezuela
- 1995
- Venezuela (Mil.Ord.) - Venezuela
- 1995
- Calabozo (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Caracas) - Venezuela
- 1996
- Guarenas (detached from Los Teques) - Venezuela
- 1997
- Punto Fijo (detached from Coro) - Venezuela
- 1998
- Coro (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Maracaibo) - Venezuela
- 2000
- Carúpano (detached from Cumaná) - Venezuela
- 2001
- Venezuela [Syr.] (ApEx) - Venezuela
- 2002
- Acarigua-Araure (detached from Guanare) - Venezuela
- 2015
- Guasdualito (detached from Barinas and from San Fernando de Apure) - Venezuela
- 2021
- Petare (detached from Caracas) - Venezuela