The Roman Catholic Diocese of Verapaz (also Vera Paz, Cobán) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the
ecclesiastical province
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cathedral
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episcopal see is the Catedral de Santo Domingo de Guzman, dedicated to Saint Dominic of Guzman, at
Cobán
Cobán ( kek, Kob'an), fully Santo Domingo de Cobán, is the Capital (political), capital of the Departments of Guatemala, department of Alta Verapaz in central Guatemala. It also serves as the administrative center for the surrounding Cobán mun ...
, in
Alta Verapaz
Alta Verapaz () is a department in the north central part of Guatemala. The capital and chief city of the department is Cobán. Verapaz is bordered to the north by El Petén, to the east by Izabal, to the south by Zacapa, El Progreso, and ...
.
History
It was erected a first time on 1561.06.21 as Diocese of Verapaz, on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Guatemala, as a suffragan of the Metropolitan
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, but was suppressed on 1603.06.23.
It was restored on 27 July 1921 albeit demoted, as the Apostolic Vicariate of Verapaz and Petén, on territory split off from the meanwhile Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala, a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, exempt (directly subject to the Holy See, not yet part of an ecclesiastical province).
On 14 January 1935, it was promoted as Diocese of Vera Paz, also known after its see as Diocese of Cobán.
On 1951.03.10, it lost territory to establish the then
Apostolic Administration of El Petén
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On Tuesday, 22 July 2014, according to the official Daily Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office for the day (which also lists papal appointments and resignations, as part of the
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's website),
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appointed the incumbent Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez, to a five-year-long, renewable term as a Member of the
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
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Pedro de la Peña
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Dominican Order
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* Juan Fernández de Rosillo (1592.06.12 – 1603.06.16), later
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; ''Apostolic Vicars of Verapaz''
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* ''Luis Durou y Sure,
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(C.M.),
Apostolic Administrator
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1928.11.12 – 1935.01.14), while Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1928.06.30 – 1938.12.17)
; ''Modern Suffragan Bishops of Verapaz''
* José Luis Montenegro y Flores (1935.01.23 – death 1945.05.23)
* Raymundo Julian Martín, O.P. (1945.11.14 – 1966.05.28), previously
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of
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(1944.05.26 – 1945.11.14) & Auxiliary Bishop of Vera Paz 1944.05.26 – 1945.11.14); also
Apostolic Administrator
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''ad nutum Sanctae Sedis'' of
El Petén
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(Guatemala) (1951.03.10 – 1956); later Titular Bishop of Turris in Proconsulari (1966.05.28 – 1975.12.08)
* Juan José Gerardi Conedera (1967.05.05 – 1974.08.22), also President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1972–1978); later Bishop of
Santa Cruz del Quiché
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(Guatemala) (1974.08.22 – 1984.08.14), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1980–1982), Titular Bishop of
Guardialfiera
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(1984.08.14 – 1998.04.26) & Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1984.08.14 – 1998.04.26)
* Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes (1977.10.07 – 2001.02.22), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala) (1966.07.26 – 1969.05.09) & Titular Bishop of Nova Cæsaris (1966.07.26 – 1977.10.07),
Apostolic Administrator
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of Izabal (Guatemala) (1969.05.09 – 1977.10.07); also President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1992–1994)
* Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez (2001.02.22 – ...), also President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2012.03 – ...); succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Vera Paz (1997.02.19 – 2001.02.22)