Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán (Latin: Archidioecesis Altensis, Quetzltenanguensis-Totonicapensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese in Guatemala. It was erected on 27 July 1921 as the Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos, and elevated and renamed to Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán on 13 February 1996. The archdiocese is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Huehuetenango, Quiché, San Marcos, Sololá-Chimaltenango and Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu. It was vacant see (sede vacante) until named Mario Alberto Molina Palma at July 14, 2011; having been headed until Monday, October 4, 2010, by Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, who was then named by Pope Benedict XVI to succeed Cardinal Quezada as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala.^[2]

The Archdiocese covers the departments of Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán, with a total population of 963,970 inhabitants (census 2002).^[1] It has 28 parishes, 29 diocesan priests, 24 religious priests, 57 friars and 118 nuns.^[2][3] The archdiocese's main cathedral is the Catedral del Espíritu Santo, originally built in 1535 in Quetzaltenango, Its co-cathedral, Catedral de San Miguel Arcángel, is located in the city of Totonicapán.^[4]

Ordinaries

• Jorge García Cabalieros (1928–1955)
• Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J. (1955–1979) - Bishop Emeritus
• Oscar Garcia Urizar (1980–1987)
• Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (1987–2007) - Archbishop Emeritus
• Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (2007–2010) - Archbishop (transferred to Archdiocese of Guatemala)
• Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R. (2011-present) - Archbishop

Territorial losses

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