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The Roman Catholic Church in Guatemala forms a single, entirely Latin Episcopal conference.. It comprises two ecclesiastical provinces (each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of 11 suffragan dioceses), three missionary pre-diocesan jurisdictions: one territorial prelature and two Apostolic vicariates, each headed by a (residential or titular) Bishop.
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 ceded to establish the Diocese of Vera Paz It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala on 16 December 1743.
The Catholic Church in Guatemala is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under spiritual leadership of the Pope, Curia in Rome and the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala. There are approximately 7.7 [ 1 ] million Catholics in Guatemala , which is about 46% of the total population of 17.1 million citizens.
Pages in category "Roman Catholic dioceses in Guatemala" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It was erected on 27 July 1921 as the Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala. It lost territory on 10 March 1951 to establish the Diocese of San Marcos and the Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango, both becoming its suffragans.
The Diocese of Escuintla is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Guatemala. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala. The Diocese of Escuintla was erected on 28 July 1994 from a territorial prelature.
Location; Country: Guatemala: Ecclesiastical province: Province of Guatemala City: Statistics; Area: 2,955 km 2 (1,141 sq mi): Population- Total- Catholics (as of ...
Guatemala: Ecclesiastical province: Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán: Metropolitan: Mario Alberto Molina Palma, OAR: Statistics; Area: 3,791 km 2 (1,464 sq mi) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010) 862,000 595,000 (69%) Parishes: 30: Information; Denomination: Roman Catholic: Rite: Roman Rite: Established: 10 March 1951 (73 ...