especially at public institutions like LUZ.

The Diocese of Maracaibo, established on 23 July 1965, was elevated to an archdiocese on 30 April 1966 by Pope Paul VI. Pope John Paul II visited the city in 1985. Since November 2000, the archdiocese has been headed by Archbishop Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera.

In 2019, widespread poverty