Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala

Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Archdiocese
name= Guatemala
latin=Archidioecesis Guatimalensis
country= Guatemala
rite=Roman Rite
cathedral = Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago
("Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James")
cocathedral =
area= 2,591
population= 3,696,422
population_as_of=2004
catholics= 2,772,317
catholics_percent=75.0
bishop= Rodolfo Quezada Toruño
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops = Raúl Martinez Paredes
Gustavo Mendoza Hernández
José Pellecer Samayoa
Mario Rios Mont, C.M.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala (erected 18 December 1534, as the Diocese of Guatemala) is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Escuintla, Jalapa, Santa Rosa de Lima, Verapaz, Cobán and Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas. It was elevated on 16 December 1743.

Ordinaries

*Francisco Marroquin Hurtado (1523 - 1563)
*Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. (1564 - 1569)
*Pedro Gómez de Córdoba, O.S.H. (1574 - 1598)
*Juan Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. (1600 - 1609)
*Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (1610 - 1615)
*Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A. (1621 - 1630)
*Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (1630 - 1641)
*Bartolomé González Soltero (1641 - 1650)
*Juan Garcilaso de la Vega (1652 - )
*Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, O.S.A. (1657 - 1668)
*Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1668 - 1675)
*Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (1675 - 1682)
*Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. (1682 - 1702)
*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 (1735 - 1751)
*Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria (1752 - 1765)
*Pedro Cortez 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 J. 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)
*Próspero Penados del Barrio (1983 - 2001)
*Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (2001 - )

Bishops

*Archbishop: Rodolfo Quezada Toruño
*Auxiliary Bishop: Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.
*Auxiliary Bishop: Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández
*Auxiliary Bishop: José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa
*Auxiliary Bishop: Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M.

Territorial losses

External links and References

*cite web|title = Archdiocese of Guatemala|work=Catholic-Hierarchy|url =http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dguat.html|accessdate=2007-02-22