Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala
- There is also a Diocese of Guatemala (and a Bishop of Guatemala) in the Anglican Church in Central America.
Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Guatemala Arquidiócesis de Santiago de Guatemala | |
|---|---|
 Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago in Guatemala city. | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Guatemala City |
| Population - Catholics | 3,486,000 (80%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | December 18, 1534 |
| Cathedral | Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James |
| Patron saint | Assumption of Mary, Saint James the Greater |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J., elect |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes José Cayetano Parra Novo |
| Bishops emeritus | Óscar Julio Vian Morales |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Guatemala.[1][2]
Special churches
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago, in the national capital Ciudad de Guatemala.
It also has
- the former Cathedral, a World Heritage Site: Catedral de San José, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez
- a Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
- other National Shrine: Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez
- further Shrines: Santuario Arquidiocesano del Señor San José, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala and Santuario Expiatorio al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
History
- It was erected 18 December 1534, as the Diocese of Guatemala, on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo.
- On 1561.06.21 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Vera Paz
- It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala on 16 December 1743.
- It lost territory repeatedly : on 1842.09.28 to establish the then Roman Catholic Diocese of San Salvador, on 1921.07.27 to establish the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (now also a Metropolitan Archbishopric) and the then Apostolic Vicariate of Verapaz and Petén, on 1951.03.10 to establish the dioceses of Jalapa (its suffragan), Sololá and the Zacapa, on 1969.05.09 to establish Territorial Prelature of Escuintla and on 1996.04.27 to establish its suffragan Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima.
- It enjoyed papal visits from Pope John Paul II in March 1983, February 1996 and July 2002.
- It was renamed on 23 April 2013 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala
Province
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following suffragan bishoprics :
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa
- Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Verapaz, Cobán
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas.
Episcopal ordinaries
- Bishops of Guatemala
- Francisco Marroquin Hurtado (1523–1563)[3]
- Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. (1564–1569)[3]
- Pedro Gómez de Córdoba, O.S.H. (1574–1598)[3]
- Juan Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. (1600–1609)[3]
- Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (1610–1615)[4]
- Pedro de Valencia (1615–1617) Appointed, Bishop of La Paz[5]
- Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A. (1621–1630)[6]
- Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (1630–1641)[7]
- Bartolomé González Soltero (1641–1650)
- Juan Garcilaso de la Vega (1652–1657)
- Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, O.S.A. (1657–1668)
- Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1668–1675)[8]
- Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (1675–1682)
- Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. (1682–1702)[9]
- Mauro de Larreátegui y Colón, O.S.B. (1703–1711)
- Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. (1713–1723)
- Nicolás Carlos Gómez de Cervantes y Velázquez de la Cadena (1723–1726)
- Juan Leandro Gómez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza (1728–1735)
- Pedro Pardo de Figueroa, O,M. (1735–1743 see below)
- Archbishops of Guatemala
- Pedro Pardo de Figueroa, O.M. (see above 1743–1751)
- Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria (1752–1765)
- Pedro Cortés y Larraz (1766–1779)
- Cayetano Francos y Monroy (1778–1792)
- Juan Félix de Villegas (1793–1800)
- Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas (1801–1805)
- Rafael de La Vara (1806–1809)
- Francisco Ramón Valentín de Casaus y Torres, O.P. (1815–1845)
- Francisco de Paul García Peláez (1845–1867)
- José Bernardo Piñol y Aycinena (1867–1881)
- Ricardo Casanova y Estrada (1886–1913)
- Julio Ramón Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. (1914–1921)
- Luis Javier Muñoz y Capurón, S.J. (1921–1927)
- Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. (1928–1938)
- Mariano Rossell y Arellano (1939–1964)
- Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1964–1983); elevated to Cardinal in 1969
- Próspero Penados del Barrio (1983–2001)
- Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (2001–2010); elevated to Cardinal in 2003
- Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (2010 – April 25, 2013 see below)
- Archbishops of Santiago de Guatemala
- Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (see above April 25, 2013 – February 24, 2018)
- Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. (9 July 2020 – present)
Coadjutor bishops
- Fernando Ortiz de Hinojosa (1598); did not take effect
- Francisco de Paul García Peláez (1843-1845)
- Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1963-1964); future Cardinal
Auxiliary bishops
- Miguel Cilieza y Velasco (1765-1767), appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas)
- Antonio Larrazábal (1839-1846), never consecrated
- Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda, O.F.M. Obs. (1859-1861), appointed Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
- Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol (1859-1865)
- osé María Barrutia y Croquer (1859-1864)
- Emmanuele Francesco Barrutia y Croquer (1865-1879)
- Miguel Angel García y Aráuz (1944-1951), appointed Bishop of Jalapa
- Rafael González Estrada (1955-1984)
- Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1958-1963), appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
- José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa (1967-2010)
- James Richard Ham, M.M. (1967-1979)
- Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. (1968-1980)
- Eduardo Ernesto Fuentes Duarte (1980-1982), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sololá
- Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti (1982-1984), appointed Bishop of San Marcos
- Juan José Gerardi Conedera (1984-1998)
- Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M. (1987-2010)
- Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. (2004-2007), appointed Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango
- Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández (2004-2016)
- Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes (2007-
- José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P. (2016-
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- José de Viteri y Ungo, appointed Bishop of San Salvador in 1843
- José Cándido Piñol y Batres, appointed Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua in 1913
- Jorge García Caballeros, appointed Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos in 1928
- Pablo Vizcaino Prado, appointed Bishop of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu in 1996
- Victor Hugo Palma Paúl, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Escuintla in 2001
- Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, appointed Bishop of San Marcos in 2008; future Cardinal
- Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez, appointed Bishop of San Marcos in 2014
References
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Guatemala" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ a b c d Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 207.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) (in Latin) - ^ "Bishop Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Pedro de Valencia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016