Roman Catholic Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango

Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango
Dioecesis Sololensis-Chimaltenangensis

Concatedral Santa Ana, Chimaltenangensis
Location
Country Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
Metropolitan Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.
Statistics
Area 3,040 km2 (1,170 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
924,000
744,000 (80.5%)
Parishes 34
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 10 March 1951 (64 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Co-cathedral Concatedral Santa Ana
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán in Guatemala's southern interior.

It has a Cathedral episcopal see, Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, in Sololá, and a Co-Cathedral Concatedral Santa Ana, in Chimaltenango.

History

It was erected on 10 March 1951, as the Diocese of Sololá, on territories split off from the then Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos and the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala.

On 27 April 1967, it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché. It was renamed Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango on 31 December 1996.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Sololá
Suffragan Bishops of Sololá-himaltenango

References

Sources and External links

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