Diocese of Mérida

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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.

Archbishop
Helizandro Terán Bermúdez
Latin name
Emeriten(sis) in Venetiola
Erected
16 February 1778
Cathedral
Catedral Basílica Menor de la Inmaculada Concepción de Mérida
Patron
Immaculate Conception
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Mérida (Archdiocese of Mérida)
Catholics
543,118
Chancery
Palacio Arzobispal, Avenida 4 Bolivar con calle 23, Apdo. 26, Mérida 5101-A, Venezuela
Telephone
Tel. [0274]252.57.86; fax 252.12.38
Email
[email protected]

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002228 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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