Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán

Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
Archidioecesis Altensis, Quetzltenanguensis-Totonicapensis

Catedral del Espíritu Santo in Quetzaltenanguensis
Location
Country Guatemala
Territory Quetzaltenango and Totonicapan
Ecclesiastical province Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
Statistics
Area 3,012 km2 (1,163 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,404,000
1,123,000 (80%)
Parishes 34
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 27 July 1921 (94 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral del Espíritu Santo
Co-cathedral Catedral de San Miguel
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.
Emeritus Bishops Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras
Map
Website
arquidiocesisdelosaltos.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán (Latin: Archidioecesis Altensis, Quetzltenanguensis-Totonicapensis) is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in Guatemala.

The archdiocese's cathedral epiccopal see is the Catedral del Espíritu Santo, in Quetzaltenango, originally built in 1535 in Quetzaltenango, It also has a co-cathedral, San Miguel Arcángel, in the city of Totonicapán.[1]

It was vacant until named Mario Alberto Molina Palma on July 14, 2011; having been headed until Monday, October 4, 2010, by Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, who was then named by Pope Benedict XVI to succeed Cardinal Quezada as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala.[2]

History

It was erected on 27 July 1921 as the Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala.

It lost territory on 10 March 1951 to establish the Diocese of San Marcos and the Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango, both becoming its suffragans.

It was elevated and renamed to Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán on 13 February 1996. It lost more territory on 31 December 1996 to establish the Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu, another suffragan.

Province

It ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following suffragan dioceses :

Extent

The Archdiocese covers the departments of Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán. It has 28 parishes, 29 diocesan priests, 24 religious priests, 57 friars and 118 nuns.[2][3]

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos
Metropolitan Archbishops of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán

References

  1. "Cathedrals Guatemala". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  2. 1 2 "Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
  3. "Arquidiócesis de los Altos". www.iglesiacatolica.org.gt. Retrieved 2009-07-09.

Source and External links

Coordinates: 14°50′01″N 91°31′04″W / 14.8336°N 91.5179°W / 14.8336; -91.5179

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