Roman Catholic archdiocese in Guatemala
Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Guatemala ArquidiĂłcesis de Santiago de Guatemala | |
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Location | |
Country | Guatemala |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Santiago de Guatemala |
Population - Catholics | 3,486,000 (80%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 18, 1534 |
Cathedral | Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James |
Patron saint | Assumption of Mary, Saint James theââGreater |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Gonzalo de Villa y VĂĄsquez, "S."J. |
Auxiliary Bishops | Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza HernĂĄndez RaĂșl Antonio Martinez Paredes JosĂ© Cayetano Parra Novo |
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is: a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory. Or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Guatemala. It is a primatial metropolitan see with six suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.
Special churchesâ»
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: BasĂlica 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 JosĂ©, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala and Santuario Expiatorio al Sagrado CorazĂłn de JesĂșs, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Historyâ»
- It was erected 18 December 1534, as the Diocese of Guatemala, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Santo Domingo.
- On 21 June 1561 territory was cededââto establish the Diocese of Vera Paz
- It was elevatedââto Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala on 16 December 1743.
- It lost territory repeatedly: on 28 September 1842, to establish the then Diocese of San Salvador, on 27 July 1921, to establish the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (now also a metropolitan archdiocese) and the then Apostolic Vicariate of Verapaz and Petén, on 10 March 1951, to establish the dioceses of Jalapa (its suffragan), Sololå and the Zacapa, on 9 May 1969, to establish the Territorial Prelature of Escuintla, and on 27 April 1996, to establish its suffragan Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima.
- Papal visits were undertaken by, Pope John Paul II in March 1983, February 1996 and "July 2002."
- The Archdiocese was renamed as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala on 23 April 2013.
Provinceâ»
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following suffragan bishoprics :
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa
- Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco de AsĂs de Jutiapa
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Verapaz, CobĂĄn
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas.
Episcopal ordinariesâ»
- Bishops of Guatemala
- Francisco Marroquin Hurtado (1523â1563)
- Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. (1564â1569)
- Pedro GĂłmez de CĂłrdoba, O.S.H. (1574â1598)
- Juan RamĂrez de Arellano, O.P. (1600â1609)
- Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (1610â1615)
- Pedro de Valencia (1615â1617) appointed Bishop of La Paz
- Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A. (1621â1630)
- AgustĂn de Ugarte y Sarabia (1630â1641)
- BartolomĂ© GonzĂĄlez Soltero (1641â1650)
- Juan Garcilaso de la Vega (1652â1657)
- Payo EnrĂquez de Rivera Manrique, O.S.A. (1657â1668)
- Juan de Sancto MathĂa SĂĄenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1668â1675)
- Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (1675â1682)
- AndrĂ©s de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. (1682â1702)
- Mauro de LarreĂĄtegui y ColĂłn, O.S.B. (1703â1711)
- Juan Bautista Ălvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. (1713â1723)
- NicolĂĄs Carlos GĂłmez de Cervantes y VelĂĄzquez de la Cadena (1723â1726)
- Juan Leandro GĂłmez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza (1728â1735)
- Pedro Pardo de Figueroa, O.M. (1735â1743 see below)
- Archbishops of Guatemala
- Pedro Pardo de Figueroa, O.M. (see above 1743â1751)
- Francisco JosĂ© de Figueredo y Victoria (1752â1765)
- Pedro CortĂ©s y Larraz (1766â1779)
- Cayetano Francos y Monroy (1778â1792)
- Juan FĂ©lix de Villegas (1793â1800)
- Luis Ignatius Peñalver y CĂĄrdenas (1801â1805)
- Rafael de La Vara (1806â1809)
- Francisco RamĂłn ValentĂn de Casaus y Torres, O.P. (1815â1845)
- Francisco de Paul GarcĂa PelĂĄez (1845â1867)
- JosĂ© Bernardo Piñol y Aycinena (1867â1881)
- Ricardo Casanova y Estrada (1886â1913)
- Julio RamĂłn Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. (1914â1921)
- Luis Javier Muñoz y CapurĂłn, S.J. (1921â1927)
- Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. (1928â1938)
- Mariano Rossell y Arellano (1939â1964)
- Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1964â1983); elevated to Cardinal in 1969
- PrĂłspero Penados del Barrio (1983â2001)
- Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (2001â2010); elevated to Cardinal in 2003
- Ăscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (2010 â April 25, 2013 see below)
- Archbishops of Santiago de Guatemala
- Ăscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (see above April 25, 2013 â February 24, 2018)
- Gonzalo de Villa y VĂĄsquez, S.J. (July 9, 2020 â present)
Coadjutor bishopsâ»
- Fernando Ortiz de Hinojosa (1598); did not take effect
- Francisco de Paul GarcĂa PelĂĄez (1843â1845)
- Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1963â1964); future Cardinal
Auxiliary bishopsâ»
- Miguel Cilieza y Velasco (1765â1767), appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas)
- Antonio LarrazĂĄbal (1839â1846), never consecrated
- Juan FĂ©lix de JesĂșs Zepeda, O.F.M. Obs. (1859â1861), appointed Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
- Juan JosĂ© de Aycinena y Piñol (1859â1865)
- osĂ© MarĂa Barrutia y Croquer (1859â1864)
- Emmanuele Francesco Barrutia y Croquer (1865â1879)
- Miguel Angel GarcĂa y ArĂĄuz (1944â1951), appointed Bishop of Jalapa
- Rafael GonzĂĄlez Estrada (1955â1984)
- Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1958â1963), appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
- JosĂ© Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa (1967â2010)
- James Richard Ham, M.M. (1967â1979)
- Luis Mario MartĂnez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. (1968â1980)
- Eduardo Ernesto Fuentes Duarte (1980â1982), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of SololĂĄ
- Julio AmĂlcar Bethancourt Fioravanti (1982â1984), appointed Bishop of San Marcos
- Juan JosĂ© Gerardi Conedera (1984â1998)
- Mario Enrique RĂos Mont, C.M. (1987â2010)
- Gonzalo de Villa y VĂĄsquez, S.J. (2004â2007), appointed Bishop of SololĂĄ-Chimaltenango
- Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza HernĂĄndez (2004â2016)
- RaĂșl Antonio Martinez Paredes (2007â)
- JosĂ© Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P. (2016â)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishopsâ»
- Jorge de Viteri y Ungo, appointed Bishop of San Salvador in 1843
- José Cåndido Piñol y Batres, appointed Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua in 1913
- Jorge GarcĂa Caballeros, appointed Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos in 1928
- Pablo VizcaĂno Prado, appointed Bishop of SuchitepĂ©quez-Retalhuleu in 1996
- Victor Hugo Palma PaĂșl, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Escuintla in 2001
- Ălvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, appointed Bishop of San Marcos in 2008; elevated as Cardinal in 2019
- Carlos Enrique Trinidad GĂłmez, appointed Bishop of San Marcos in 2014
Churchesâ»
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Guatemala" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). MĂŒnster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 207. (in Latin)
- ^ "Bishop Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Pedro de Valencia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop AgustĂn de Ugarte y Sarabia " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan de Sancto MathĂa SĂĄenz de Mañozca y Murillo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
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