Roman Catholic Diocese of Barinas
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barinas is a suffragan Latin diocese, in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida, in western Venezuela's land-lockes Barinas state.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian catedral de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar, located in the eponymous state capital Barinas.History
Episcopal ordinaries
;Suffragan Bishops of Barinas
- Rafael Angel González Ramírez
- Antonio José López Castillo ; previously Titular Bishop of Theuzi & Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo , Metropolitan Archbishop of Barquisimeto
- Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval, previously Bishop of Puerto Cabello ; later Apostolic Administrator of Acarigua–Araure
- José Luis Azuaje Ayala, also Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela ; previously titular Bishop of Italica & Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto , Apostolic Administrator of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia , promoted Bishop of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia
- Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap., previously titular Bishop of Leptiminus & Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Bishop of Machiques
Auxiliary bishops
- José Vicente Henriquez Andueza, S.D.B., appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
- Alejandro Figueroa Medina, appointed Bishop of Guanare
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Polito Rodríguez Méndez, appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela in 2016
