Roman Catholic Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango
Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango Dioecesis Sololensis-Chimaltenangensis | |
|---|---|
 Concatedral Santa Ana, Chimaltenangensis | |
| Location | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán |
| Metropolitan | Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R. |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,040 km2 (1,170 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 924,000 744,000 (80.5%) |
| Parishes | 34 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 10 March 1951 (73 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción |
| Co-cathedral | Concatedral Santa Ana |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. |
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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, Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, in Sololá, and a Co-Cathedral Concatedral Santa Ana, in Chimaltenango.
History
It was erected on 10 March 1951, as the Diocese of Sololá, on territories split off from the then 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.
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Suffragan Bishops of Sololá
- Apostolic Administrator 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 (Guatemala) (1951.03.10 – 1955.04.05)
- Angélico Melotto Mazzardo, Friars Minor (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 of Sololá (1982.10.18 – 1986.04.05); previously Titular Bishop of Lares (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 (Guatemala) (2007.07.28 – ...)
- Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, Society of Jesus (S.J.) (2007.07.28 – ...), previously Titular Bishop of Rotaria (2004.07.09 – 2007.07.28) & Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (2004.07.09 – 2007.07.28); also Apostolic Administrator of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala) (2010.10 – 2011.07.14)
References
- "Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
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