The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quiché is a Latin

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diocese in the

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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

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) ; ''Suffragan Bishops of Santa Cruz del Quiché'' * Humberto Lara Mejía,

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(C.M.) (1967.05.05 – 1972.06.09), previously

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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) *

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(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

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(1984.08.14 – 1998.04.26) & Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Guatemala) (1984.08.14 – 1998.04.26) ; ''Suffragan Bishops of Quiché'' *

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(1986.10.31 – 2001.12.05), later Bishop of

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(Guatemala) (2001.12.05 – ...) *

Mario Alberto Molina Palma Mario Alberto Molina Palma O.A.R. (born 13 October 1948) is archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 14 July 2011. Molina Palma had previously served as ...

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) (2004.10.29 – 2011.07.14), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán (Guatemala) (2011.07.14 – ...), vice-president of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2012.03 – ...) *

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(2012.09.14 – ...), previously Bishop of

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(Guatemala) (2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14),

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of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14)

References

Source and external links

GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links

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Santa Cruz del Quiché 1967 establishments in Guatemala Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán {{RC-diocese-stub