The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango is a Latin
suffragan
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diocese in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán in
Guatemala
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's southern interior.
It has a
Cathedral
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episcopal see, Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, in
Sololá __NOTOC__
Sololá is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Sololá and the administrative seat of Sololá municipality. It is located close to Lake Atitlan.
The name is a Hispanicized form of its pre-Columbian name, one spel ...
, and a
Co-Cathedral Concatedral Santa Ana, in
.
History
It was erected on 10 March 1951, as the Diocese of Sololá, on territories split off from the
Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos and the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Guatemala.
On 27 April 1967, it lost territory to establish the
Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché.
It was renamed Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango on 31 December 1996.
Bishops
; Suffragan Bishops of Sololá
*
Apostolic Administrator
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Jorge García Cabalieros (1951.03.10 – 1955.04.05), while Bishop of
Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala) (1928.06.30 – 1955.04.05), also Apostolic Administrator of
San Marcos
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(Guatemala) (1951.03.10 – 1955.04.05)
*
Angélico Melotto Mazzardo,
O.F.M. (1959.06.27 – 1986.04.05), also President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1978–1980)
; Suffragan Bishops of Sololá-himaltenango
*
Eduardo Ernesto Fuentes Duarte (1986.04.05 – death 1997.07.20), succeeding as former
Coadjutor Bishop
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of Sololá (1982.10.18 – 1986.04.05); previously
Titular Bishop
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of
Lares
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(1980.04.09 – 1982.10.18) &
Auxiliary Bishop of above Guatemala (1980.04.09 – 1982.10.18)
*
Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes (1999.01.28 – 2007.07.28); later Titular Bishop of
Mizigi (2007.07.28 – ...) & Auxiliary Bishop of
Santiago de Guatemala
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History
;Quauhtemallan — Guatemala
:The name was ...
(Guatemala) (2007.07.28 – ...)
*
Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez,
S.J. (28 July 2007 – 9 July 2020), previously Titular Bishop of
Rotaria
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(2004.07.09 – 2007.07.28) & Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (2004.07.09 – 2007.07.28); also
Apostolic Administrator
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of
Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala) (2010.10 – 2011.07.14); appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
*
Domingo Buezo Leiva (16 July 2021 – present)
Coadjutor bishop
*
Eduardo Ernesto Fuentes Duarte (1982–1986)
References
*
Sources and external links
GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links
Solola-Chimaltenango
Solola-Chimaltenango
Solola-Chimaltenango
1951 establishments in Guatemala
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
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