Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar

History

• 20 May 1790: Established as Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana from the Diocese of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico
• 20 January 1953: Renamed as Diocese of Ciudad Bolívar
• 21 June 1958: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ciudad Bolívar

  Bishops

Ordinaries

• Francisco de Ibarra y Herrera † Appointed, Bishop of Caracas
• José Antonio García Mohedano †
• Mariano Talavera y Garcés †
• Mariano Fernández Fortique †
• José Manuel Arroyo y Niño †
• Manuel Felipe Rodríguez Delgado †
• Antonio María Durán †
• Sixto Sosa Díaz † Appointed, Bishop of Cumaná
• Miguel Antonio Mejía †
• Juan José Bernal Ortiz † Appointed, Archbishop of Los Teques
• Crisanto Darío Mata Cova †
• Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero †
• Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M.

  Auxiliary bishops

• Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez, appointed Bishop of San Felipe
• Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza, appointed Bishop of Margarita
• José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Guayana

  Suffragan dioceses

• Ciudad Guayana
• Maturín