Roman Catholic Diocese of Huehuetenango

Diocese of Huehuetenango Dioecesis Gerontopolitana
Location
Country	Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
Metropolitan	Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.
Statistics
Area	7,400 km2 (2,900 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 896,833 690,519 (77%)
Parishes	31
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	22 July 1961 (62 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de La Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri
Map

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 diocese on 23 December 1967.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. (1961–1975)
• Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (1975–1987), appointed Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos
• Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti (1988–1996), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima
• Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. (1996–2012)
• Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (since 2012), elevated to Cardinal in 2019

Auxiliary bishop

• Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (1970–1975), appointed Bishop here

External links and references

• "Diocese of Huehuetenango". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-23.