Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán

Archidioecesis Altensis, Quetzltenanguensis-Totonicapensis
Quetzaltenango Cathedral
Catedral del Espíritu Santo in Quetzaltenango
Location
CountryGuatemala
TerritoryQuetzaltenango and Totonicapan
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
Statistics
Area3,012 km2 (1,163 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
1,404,000
1,123,000 (80%)
Parishes34
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 July 1921 (102 years ago)
CathedralCatedral del Espíritu Santo
Co-cathedralCatedral de San Miguel
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopMario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.
Map
Website
arquidiocesisdelosaltos.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán (Latin: Archidioecesis Altensis, Quetzltenanguensis-Totonicapensis) is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in Guatemala.

The archiepiscopal seat is Quetzaltenango Cathedral (Catedral del Espíritu Santo), originally built in Quetzaltenango in 1535. It also has a co-cathedral, San Miguel Arcángel, in the city of Totonicapán.[1]

It was vacant until named Mario Alberto Molina Palma on July 14, 2011; having been headed until Monday, October 4, 2010, by Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, who was then named by Pope Benedict XVI to succeed Cardinal Quezada as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala.[2]

History

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.

It was elevated and renamed to Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán on 13 February 1996. It lost more territory on 31 December 1996 to establish the Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu, another suffragan.

Province

It ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following suffragan dioceses :

Extent

The Archdiocese covers the departments of Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán. It has 28 parishes, 29 diocesan priests, 24 religious priests, 57 friars and 118 nuns.[2][3]

Bishops

(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos
  • Jorge García Caballeros (1928.06.30 – 1955.04.05), also Apostolic Administrator of Sololá (Guatemala) (1951.03.10 – 1955.04.05) and Apostolic Administrator of San Marcos (Guatemala) (1951.03.10 – 1955.04.05)
  • Luis Manresa Formosa, Jesuits (S.J.) (1955.11.30 – 1979.05.30), also President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1971–1972) and Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1972–1979)
  • Oscar Garcia Urizar (1980.03.04 – 1987.01.08)
  • Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (1987.04.04 – 1996.02.13 see below), previously Titular Bishop of Naissus (1970.11.30 – 1975.09.20), Auxiliary Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1970.11.30 – 1975.09.20), promoted Bishop of Huehuetenango (1975.09.20 – 1987.04.04), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1986–1988)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán

Auxiliary bishops

  • Rafael González Estrada (1944-1955), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
  • Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes (1966-1969), appointed Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán

References

  1. ↑ "Cathedrals Guatemala". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  2. 1 2 "Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
  3. ↑ "Arquidiócesis de los Altos". www.iglesiacatolica.org.gt. Retrieved 2009-07-09.

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