Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala

The Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Guatemala.[1][2] It is a primatial metropolitan see with six suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.

Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala

Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Guatemala

Arquidiócesis de Santiago de Guatemala
Location
CountryGuatemala
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Santiago de Guatemala
Population
- Catholics

3,486,000 (80%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedDecember 18, 1534
CathedralPrimatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James
Patron saintAssumption of Mary, Saint James the Greater
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopGonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.
Auxiliary BishopsGustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández
Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes
José Cayetano Parra Novo

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

  • Fernando Ortiz de Hinojosa (1598); did not take effect
  • Francisco de Paul García Peláez (1843–1845)
  • Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1963–1964); future Cardinal

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

  • Jorge de Viteri y Ungo, appointed Bishop of San Salvador in 1843
  • José Cándido Piñol y Batres, appointed Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua in 1913
  • Jorge García Caballeros, appointed Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos in 1928
  • Pablo Vizcaíno Prado, appointed Bishop of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu in 1996
  • Victor Hugo Palma Paúl, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Escuintla in 2001
  • Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, appointed Bishop of San Marcos in 2008; elevated as Cardinal in 2019
  • Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez, appointed Bishop of San Marcos in 2014

Churches

References

  1. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. "Archdiocese of Guatemala" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 207. (in Latin)
  4. "Bishop Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  5. "Bishop Pedro de Valencia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  6. "Bishop Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  7. "Bishop Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  8. "Bishop Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  9. "Bishop Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

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