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Metropolitan see Mérida, Venezuela

Archdiocese of Mérida

Emeriten(sis) in Venetiola

Mérida is a metropolitan archdiocese in western Venezuela, founded as a diocese in 1778 and elevated to archdiocese in 1923, with suffragans Barinas, Guasdualito, San Cristóbal, and Trujillo. Its archbishop since 2023 is Helizandro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A. Note: this see is an archdiocese, not a diocese.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Basílica Menor de la Inmaculada Concepción de Mérida, in Mérida, Venezuela.

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Established
1778
Catholics
543,118
Priests
130
Territory
8,109 km²

Parishes and churches

60 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Helizandro Terán Bermúdez
Born
7 June 1965
Birthplace
Maracaibo
Institute
ORDINE DI S. AGOSTINO (AGOSTINIANI)

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The cathedral

Catedral Basílica Menor de la Inmaculada Concepción de Mérida stands in Mérida, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In western Venezuela, the Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida carries the Latin title Archidioecesis Emeritensis in Venetiola. Its archbishops preside from the Catedral Basílica Menor de la Inmaculada Concepción de Mérida, a minor basilica in the city of Mérida, and the archdiocese also counts a second minor basilica, that of Santa Lucía in the town of Timotes, Miranda, Mérida municipality.

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