Roman Catholic Diocese of Quiché

Diocese of Quiche
Dioecesis Quicensis

Catedral de Santa Cruz
Location
Country Guatemala
Territory San Marcos
Ecclesiastical province Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
Metropolitan Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.
Statistics
Area 8,378 km2 (3,235 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
714,000
503,000 (80%)
Parishes 26
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 27 April 1967 (48 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral de Santa Cruz
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quiché is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán.

History

It was erected 27 April 1967, as the Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Sololá.

It was renamed on 11 July 2000.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Santa Cruz del Quiché
Suffragan Bishops of Quiché

References

Source and External links

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