Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala

Archdiocese of Guatemala
Archidioecesis Guatimalensis

Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James
Location
Country Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province Province of Guatemala City
Population
- Catholics

3,486,000 (80%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established December 18, 1534
Cathedral Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James
Patron saint Assumption of Mary, Saint James the Greater
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Guatemala City
Auxiliary Bishops Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes,
Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Guatemala.[1][2]

The current Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala is Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.; he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on Monday, October 4, 2010 to replace Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruno, who had reached the age of 75 at which bishops submit their resignations to the Pope.

Special churches

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago, in the national capital Ciudad de Guatemala.

It also has

History

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following suffragan bishoprics :

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite) bios to be completed

Diocese

Erected December 18, 1534

Suffragan Bishops of Guatemala

Archdiocese

Elevated December 16, 1743

Metropolitan Archbishops of Guatemala
Metropolitan Archbishops of Santiago de Guatemala

Name changed April 25, 2013

Current Bishops

References

  1. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. "Archdiocese of Guatemala" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. "Bishop Francisco Marroquín Hurtado" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  4. "Bishop Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  5. "Bishop Pedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba, O.S.H." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  6. "Bishop Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  7. "Bishop Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 14°38′30″N 90°30′44″W / 14.6416°N 90.5123°W / 14.6416; -90.5123

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