The Roman Catholic Diocese of Machiques (Latin: Dioecesis Machiquesensis) is a diocese located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo in Venezuela.
On 26 May 1943 Pope Pius XII erected the diocese as an Apostolic Vicariate.
The Vicariate was elevated to a full diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 9 April 2011.
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