Roman Catholic archdiocese in Guatemala
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is a
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or
archdiocese of the
Catholic Church in
Guatemala .
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[2] It is a
primatial
metropolitan see with six
suffragan dioceses in its
ecclesiastical province .
Special churches
Its
cathedral is the
Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago , is the
episcopal see in the national capital
Ciudad de Guatemala .
It also has
the former Cathedral, a
World Heritage Site :
Catedral de San José , Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez
a
Minor Basilica , National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
other National Shrine: Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez
further Shrines: Santuario Arquidiocesano del Señor San José, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala and Santuario Expiatorio al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
History
It was erected 18 December 1534, as the Diocese of Guatemala , on territory split off from the then
Diocese of Santo Domingo .
On 21 June 1561 territory was ceded to establish the
Diocese of Vera Paz
It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala on 16 December 1743.
It lost territory repeatedly: on 28 September 1842, to establish the then
Diocese of San Salvador , on 27 July 1921, to establish the then
Roman Catholic Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (now also a metropolitan archdiocese) and the then
Apostolic Vicariate of Verapaz and Petén , on 10 March 1951, to establish the dioceses of
Jalapa (its suffragan),
Sololá and the
Zacapa , on 9 May 1969, to establish the
Territorial Prelature of Escuintla , and on 27 April 1996, to establish its suffragan
Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima .
Papal visits were undertaken by
Pope John Paul II in March 1983, February 1996 and July 2002.
The Archdiocese was renamed as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala on 23 April 2013.
Province
Its
ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following
suffragan bishoprics :
Episcopal ordinaries
Bishops of Guatemala
Archbishops of Guatemala
Archbishops of Santiago de Guatemala
Óscar Julio Vian Morales,
S.D.B. (see above April 25, 2013 – February 24, 2018)
Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. (July 9, 2020 – present)
Coadjutor bishops
Auxiliary bishops
Miguel Cilieza y Velasco (1765–1767), appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas)
Antonio Larrazábal (1839–1846), never consecrated
Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda , O.F.M. Obs. (1859–1861), appointed Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol (1859–1865)
osé María Barrutia y Croquer (1859–1864)
Emmanuele Francesco Barrutia y Croquer (1865–1879)
Miguel Angel García y Aráuz (1944–1951), appointed Bishop of Jalapa
Rafael González Estrada (1955–1984)
Mario Casariego y Acevedo , C.R.S. (1958–1963), appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa (1967–2010)
James Richard Ham , M.M. (1967–1979)
Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle , S.J. (1968–1980)
Eduardo Ernesto Fuentes Duarte (1980–1982), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sololá
Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti (1982–1984), appointed Bishop of San Marcos
Juan José Gerardi Conedera (1984–1998)
Mario Enrique Ríos Mont , C.M. (1987–2010)
Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez , S.J. (2004–2007), appointed Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango
Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández (2004–2016)
Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes (2007–)
José Cayetano Parra Novo , O.P. (2016–)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
Churches
References
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"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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"Archdiocese of Guatemala"
Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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Eubel, Konrad (1923).
Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 207. (in Latin)
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"Bishop Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano"
Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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"Bishop Pedro de Valencia"
Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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"Bishop Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A."
Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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"Bishop Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia "
Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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"Bishop Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo"
Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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"Bishop Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M."
Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
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