Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar

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Ciudad Bolívar is a metropolitan archdiocese in eastern Venezuela, erected as a diocese in 1790 and elevated to archdiocese in 1958, with suffragans Ciudad Guayana and Maturín. Its archbishop since 2011 is Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. Note: this see is an archdiocese, not a diocese.

Archbishop
Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes
Latin name
Civitatis Bolivaren(sis)
Established
1790 (archdiocese 1958)
Cathedral
Catedral de Santo Tomás
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Ciudad Bolívar (Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar)
Catholics
547,000
Chancery
Arzobispado, Apartado 43, Avda. Andrés Eloy Blanco con Avda. Naiguatá, Ciudad Bolívar 8001, Edo. Bolívar, Venezuela
Telephone
Tel. [0285]654.49.60

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001161 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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