Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala

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. The current Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala is His Excellency, The Most Reverend Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.; he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on Monday, October 4, 2010 to replace His Eminence, Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruno, who was retiring for reasons of age, having reached the age of 75 at which all bishops must submit their resignations to the Pope.

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 (1652–1657)
• 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 (2001–2010)
• Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (2010–present)

Bishops

• Archbishop: Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.
• Archbishop Emeritus: Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruno
• 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

• "Archdiocese of Guatemala". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dguat.html. Retrieved 2007-02-22.