Bishops of first diocese ;
Suffragan Bishops of Coro •
Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera (21 June 1531 Appointed – 6 July 1541), later
Bishop of Puerto Rico (1541.07.06 – retired 1567.05.06) •
Miguel Jerónimo de Ballesteros (Vallesteros) (22 Aug 1546 Appointed – death 1555) •
Juan de Simancas Simancas (12 June 1556 Appointed – 1561.12.05), later Bishop of
Cartagena in Colombia (1561.12.05 – death 1570) •
Pedro de Ágreda Sánchez Martín,
Dominican Order (O.P.) (27 June 1561 Appointed – death 1580) •
Juan Manual Martínez de Manzanillo,
O.P. (23 March 1583 Appointed – death 1 Jan 1592) • (
apparently not consecrated bishop)
Pedro Mártir Palomino,
O.P. (1 July 1594 Appointed – death 22 Feb 1596) •
Domingo de Salinas,
O.P. (10 Nov 1597 Appointed – death 10 June 1600) •
Domingo de Oña,
Mercedarians (O. de M.) (27 Aug 1601 Appointed – 27 June 1605), later Bishop of
Gaeta (Italy) (1605.02.27 – death 1626.10.13) •
Antonio de Alzega (Alcega),
Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (12 Dec 1605 Confirmed – death 13 May 1610 •
Juan Bartolomé de Bohorquez e Hinojosa, O.P. (17 Jul 1611 Appointed – 13 Nov 1617), later
Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (Mexico) (1617.11.13 – 1633.09) •
Gonzalo de Angulo,
Order of Minims (O.M.) (20 Nov 1617 Appointed – death 17 May 1633) •
Juan López de Agurto de la Mata (1634.11.20 – 1637.06.20), previously Bishop of
Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) ([1630.07.20] 1631.02.10 – 1634.11.20); later Bishop of
Caracas (Venezuela) (1637.06.20 – death 1637.12.24) :
(Diocese suppressed 1637) Bishops of current diocese Suffragan Bishop of Coro y Barquisimeto (Coro and Barquisimeto) • Victor José Díez Navarrete (1868.06.22 – 1869.10.22), later Bishop of
Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (1869.10.22 – death 1893)
Suffragan Bishops of Coro • Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández † (22 June 1923 – 10 Nov 1939); later Titular Archbishop of
Rhizæum (1939.11.10 – 1946.05.13) &
Coadjutor Archbishop of
Caracas (Venezuela) (1939.11.10 – 1946.05.13), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (1946.05.13 – 1955.09.09) • Francisco José Iturriza Guillén,
Salesians (S.D.B.) † (10 Nov 1939 – retired 20 May 1980) • Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales (20 May 1980 – 23 Dec 1992), also President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (1990 – 1996); previously Titular Bishop of
Aquæ Albæ in Byzacena (1970.12.02 – 1980.05.20) &
Auxiliary Bishop of
Caracas (Venezuela) (1970.12.02 – 1980.05.20); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Maracaibo (1992.12.23 – 1999.06.05),
Archbishop-Bishop of
Los Teques (Venezuela) (1999.06.05 – 2004.12.30) •
Roberto Lückert León (1993.07.21 – 21 July 1993
see below), previously Bishop of
Cabimas (Venezuela) (1985.04.27 – 1993.07.21)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Coro • Roberto Lückert León (
see above 21 July 1993 – 25 Oct 2016); also
Apostolic Administrator of his suffragan
Punto Fijo (Venezuela) (2014.02.21 – 2016.08.14) •
Mariano José Parra Sandoval (25 Oct 2016 - 31 Oct 2023) •
Victor Hugo Basabe (31 Oct 2023 - present)
Another priest of this diocese who became bishop •
Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares (priest here, 1985-1997), appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela in 2003 == See also ==