The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in western Venezuela. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Catedral Basílica Menor de la Inmaculada Concepción de Mérida, a minor basilica located in the city of Mérida. It also has the Minor Basilica of Santa Lucía, in Timotes town, Miranda, Mérida municipality.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 566,519 Catholics (85.0% of 666,491 total) on 8,109 km2 in 62 parishes and 14 missions with 133 priests (98 diocesan, 35 religious), 21 deacons, 277 lay religious (59 brothers, 218 sisters) and 46 seminarians.

Leadership

Bishops of Merida

Archbishops of Mérida

Coadjutor Archbishops

Auxiliary Bishops

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan's ecclesiastical province comprises his own archbishopric and the following Suffragan sees :

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