Diocese of Verapaz, Cobán
| Diocese of Verapaz, Cobán | |
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| Country | Guatemala |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Guatemala |
| Diocesan bishop | Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes |
| founding | 1921 |
| surface | 11,810 km² |
| Parishes | 32 ( AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 1,056,121 ( AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 844.996 ( AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 80% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 ( AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 43 ( AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,901 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 ( AP2005 ) |
| Friars | 50 ( AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 160 ( AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | St. Dominic Cathedral, Coban |
| address | 1a Avenida 1-31, Zona 3, Cobán, Guatemala |
The Diocese of Verapaz, Cobán ( lat. : Dioecesis verae Pacis ) is an in Guatemala situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Cobán . It includes the departments of Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz .
history
Pope Benedict XV founded the Apostolic Vicariate Verapaz and Petén on July 27, 1921 from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Guatemala . On January 14, 1935, it was made a diocese and received its current name. It lost part of its territory on March 10, 1951 to the Apostolic Administration of El Peten .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrator of Verapaz and Peten
- Luis Durou y Sure CM (1928-1935)
Bishops of Verapaz, Cobán
- Raymundo Julian Martín OP (1945–1966)
- Juan José Gerardi Conedera (1967–1974, then Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché )
- Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes (1977-2001)
- Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez (since 2001)
See also
Web links
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