The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán () is a Latin
Metropolitan Archdiocese
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Eastern Ortho ...
in
Guatemala
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Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango (, also known by its Maya name Xelajú or Xela ) is a municipality and namesake department in western Guatemala. The city is located in a mountain valley at an elevation of above sea level at its lowest part. It may reach above ...
in 1535. It also has a
co-cathedral
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, San Miguel Arcángel, in the city of
Totonicapán
Totonicapán is a city in Guatemala. It serves as the capital of the department of Totonicapán and as the administrative seat for the surrounding municipality of Totonicapán.
History
In 1838 Totonicapán was declared an independent republic ...
.
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
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, who was then named by
Pope Benedict XVI
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to succeed Cardinal Quezada as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala.
History
It was erected on 27 July 1921 as the Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, on territory split off from the Metropolitan
ecclesiastical province
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comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following
suffragan
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dioceses :
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Huehuetenango
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huehuetenango, Guatemala was first erected 22 July 1961, as the Territorial Prelature of Huehuetenango. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán. It was elevated as a dioc ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Quiché
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 ...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán in Guatemala's southern interior.
It has a Cathedral episcopal see, Cat ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu (erected 31 December 1996) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán.
Ordinaries
*Pablo Vizcaíno Prado
Pablo Vizcaíno Prado (born June 22, 19 ...
.
Extent
The Archdiocese covers the departments of
Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango (, also known by its Maya name Xelajú or Xela ) is a municipality and namesake department in western Guatemala. The city is located in a mountain valley at an elevation of above sea level at its lowest part. It may reach above ...
and
Totonicapán
Totonicapán is a city in Guatemala. It serves as the capital of the department of Totonicapán and as the administrative seat for the surrounding municipality of Totonicapán.
History
In 1838 Totonicapán was declared an independent republic ...
. It has 28 parishes, 29 diocesan priests, 24 religious priests, 57 friars and 118 nuns.
Bishops
(all
Roman Rite
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)
Episcopal ordinaries
; ''Suffragan Bishops of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos''
*
Jorge García Caballeros
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(1928.06.30 – 1955.04.05), also
Apostolic Administrator
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of
Sololá __NOTOC__
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(Guatemala) (1951.03.10 – 1955.04.05) and Apostolic Administrator of San Marcos (Guatemala) (1951.03.10 – 1955.04.05)
* Luis Manresa Formosa,
Jesuits
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(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
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Martínez Contreras was born in Guatemala and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Cathol ...
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Huehuetenango
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(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''
*
Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras
Víctor Hugo Martínez Contreras (29 March 1930 – 26 August 2020) was a Guatemalan Roman Catholic archbishop.
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(''see above'' 1996.02.13 – 2007.04.19), also President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1998–2002)
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Oscar Julio Vian Morales
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,
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(S.D.B.) (2007.04.19 – 2010.10.02), previously Titular Bishop of
Pupiana
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(1996.11.30 – 2007.04.19) &
Apostolic Vicar
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of
El Petén
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(Guatemala) (1996.11.30 – 2007.04.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
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(Guatemala) (2010.10.02 – 2013.04.25), restyled Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala (2013.04.25 – 2018.02.24)
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Apostolic administrator
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O.A.R.
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(2011.07.14 – ...), previously), also Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2012.03 – ...); previously Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala) (2004.10.29 – 2011.07.14)
Auxiliary bishops
*
Rafael González Estrada
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(1944-1955), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
* Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes (1966-1969), appointed Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán