Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala explained

Jurisdiction:Archdiocese
Santiago de Guatemala
Latin:Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Guatemala
Local:Arquidiócesis de Santiago de Guatemala
Country:Guatemala
Province:Province of Santiago de Guatemala
Catholics:3,486,000
Catholics Percent:80
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:December 18, 1534
Cathedral:Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James
Patron:Assumption of Mary, Saint James the Greater
Bishop Title:Archbishop
Bishop:Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.
Auxiliary Bishops:Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández
Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes
José Cayetano Parra Novo

The Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Guatemala.[1] [2] It is a primatial metropolitan see with six suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.

Special churches

Its cathedral is the Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago, is the episcopal see in the national capital Ciudad de Guatemala. It also has

History

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following suffragan bishoprics :

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops of Guatemala
  • Archbishops of Guatemala
  • Archbishops of Santiago de Guatemala
  • Coadjutor bishops

    Auxiliary bishops

    Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

    Churches

    References

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    Notes and References

    1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/guat0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala"
    2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dguat.html "Archdiocese of Guatemala"