Diocese of Quiche Dioecesis Quicensis | |
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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 (57 years ago) |
Cathedral | Holy Cross Cathedral, Santa Cruz del Quiché |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum |
Bishops emeritus | 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.
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.
(all Roman Rite)