Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala

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Archdiocese of Guatemala
*Archidioecesis Guatimalensis*
Statistics
Country:	Guatemala
Rite:	Roman Rite
Area:	2,591 km²
Population: Total: Catholics:	3,696,422 (2004) 2,772,317 (75.0%)
Cathedral:	Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago (Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Rodolfo Quezada Toruño
Auxiliary Bishop:	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.

1 Ordinaries
2 Bishops
3 Territorial losses
4 External links and References

[edit] 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 - )

[edit] 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.

[edit] Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1561		Diocese of Comayagua
1842		Diocese of San Salvador
1921		Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos Vicariate Apostolic of Verapaz and Petén
1951		Diocese of Jalapa Diocese of Zacapa
1951	Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos	Diocese of Sololá
1969		Territorial Prelature of Escuintla
1996		Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima