Mérida (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateEventFromTo Diocese of Mérida 16 February 1778ErectedArchdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada Diocese of Mérida (erected) 7 March 1863Territory LostDiocese of Mérida Diocese of Barquisimeto (erected) 7 March 1863Territory LostArchdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Diocese of Mérida Diocese of Calabozo (erected) 28 July 1897Territory LostDiocese of Mérida Diocese of Zulia (erected) 12 October 1922Territory LostDiocese of Mérida (Civil state of Tachira and part of Apure (Paez)) Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (erected) Archdiocese of Mérida 11 June 1923ElevatedDiocese of Mérida Archdiocese of Mérida 4 June 1957Territory LostArchdiocese of Mérida (Trujillo) Diocese of Trujillo (erected) 23 July 1965Territory LostDiocese of Calabozo
Archdiocese of Mérida Diocese of Barinas (erected) (Barinas) 7 July 1994Territory LostDiocese of Cabimas (Sucre)
Archdiocese of Maracaibo (Colón)
Archdiocese of Mérida (Alberto Adriani, Obispo Ramos de Lora, Caracciolo Parra y Olmedo, Tulio Febres Cordero, Justo Briceño, and Julio César Salas) Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia (erected)