Roman Catholic Diocese of Quiché

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

Diocese of Quiche

Dioecesis Quicensis
Catedral de Santa Cruz
Location
CountryGuatemala
TerritorySan Marcos
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
MetropolitanMario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.
Statistics
Area8,378 km2 (3,235 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
714,000
503,000 (80%)
Parishes26
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 April 1967 (53 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de Santa Cruz
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRosolino Bianchetti Boffelli
Map

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
  • Humberto Lara Mejía, Lazarists (C.M.) (1967.05.05 – 1972.06.09), previously Titular Bishop of Trajanopolis in Phrygia (1957.07.19 – 1967.05.05) & Auxiliary Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1957.07.19 – 1967.05.05); also President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1970–1972)
  • ? José Julio Aguilar García (1972–1974)
  • Juan José Gerardi Conedera (1974.08.22 – 1984.08.14), also President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1970–1972); previously Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1967.05.05 – 1974.08.22), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1972–1978); later Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera (1984.08.14 – 1998.04.26) & Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1984.08.14 – 1998.04.26)
Suffragan Bishops of Quiché

References

  • "Diocese of Quiché". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 23 February 2007.


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