St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral, Maracaibo, Neoclassical cathedral in Bolivar Square, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral is a neoclassical house of worship on Bolivar Square, distinguished by symmetrical facades, classical columns, and large wooden doors. The interior features skillfully crafted stained glass windows depicting biblical subjects that cast colored light throughout the space.

A first chapel of bahareque and palm thatch is attributed to 1574, on the third founding of Maracaibo; stone was used by 1595 and a masonry tower rose in 1600. Three naves with masonry walls and a tiled roof were completed by 1650, and Pope Leo XIII made it a cathedral on 28 July 1897.

The cathedral holds the parish archives, including a marriage register begun on 4 October 1610. In 1717 Governor Francisco de la Rocha Ferrer had an altar to Our Lady of Mount Carmel installed, and the Carmelite confraternity was confirmed by royal decree on 8 August 1790. The image of the Black Christ, moved here after Gibraltar was burned, remains enshrined.

The cathedral sits centrally on Bolivar Square and is easily reached on foot, surrounded by shops and restaurants in the downtown area. Regular services occur daily, and visitors should arrive early depending on their interest in attending.

In 1684 King Charles II granted 2,000 pesos toward finishing the building, money that apparently never arrived. A 1774 pastoral visit by Bishop Mariano Martí recorded a baptismal font, altars, images and sacred vessels, and described the fabric as solidly built. The tower was damaged by earthquakes in Zulia in September 2025.