Roman Catholic Diocese of Quiché

Diocese of Quiche
Dioecesis Quicensis
Catedral de Santa Cruz
Location
Country Guatemala
Territory San Marcos
Ecclesiastical province Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
Metropolitan Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.
Statistics
Area 8,378 km2 (3,235 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
714,000
503,000 (80%)
Parishes 26
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 27 April 1967 (51 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral de Santa Cruz
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli
Map

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

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 2007-02-23.


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