Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
| Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Guatemala |
| Diocesan bishop | Mario Alberto Molina Palma OAR |
| founding | 1921 |
| surface | 3,012 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,401,273 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,121,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80% |
| Diocesan priest | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 16,985 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 70 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 85 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral del Espíritu Santo |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Catedral San Miguel Arcángel |
| Website | www.arquidiocesisdelosaltos.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Huehuetenango Diocese of Quiché Diocese of San Marcos Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu |
The Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán ( Latin Archidioecesis Altensis, Quetzaltenanguensis-Totonicapensis ) is in Guatemala situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Quetzaltenango . It includes the departments of Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán . In Totonicapán is the co- cathedral of San Miguel Arcángel.
history
Pope Benedict XV founded the diocese Quetzaltenango, Los Altos on July 27, 1921 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Guatemala , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan . It lost part of the territory on March 10, 1951 to the dioceses of San Marcos and Sololá .
With the Apostolic Constitution De spirituali Christifidelium , it was elevated to a metropolitan bishopric on February 13, 1996 and took its current name. On December 31 of the same year it lost part of the territory to the Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos
- Jorge García Cabalieros (June 30, 1928– April 5, 1955)
- Luis Manresa Formosa SJ (November 30, 1955– May 30, 1979)
- Oscar Garcia Urizar (March 4, 1980– January 8, 1987)
- Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (April 4, 1987-13 February 1996)
Archbishops of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
- Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (February 13, 1996– April 19, 2007)
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Óscar Julio Vian Morales SDB (April 19, 2007– October 2, 2010, then Archbishop of Guatemala)
- Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez SJ (October 2, 2010–2011) ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Mario Alberto Molina Palma OAR , since 2011
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán on gcatholic.org (English)