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
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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