Diocese of Huehuetenango Dioecesis Gerontopolitana | |
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Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán |
Metropolitan | Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R. |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,400 km2 (2,900 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 896,833 690,519 (77%) |
Parishes | 31 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 22 July 1961 (63 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral de La Inmaculada Concepción |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri |
Map | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huehuetenango, Guatemala was first erected 22 July 1961, as the Territorial Prelature of Huehuetenango. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán. It was elevated as a diocese on 23 December 1967.
Bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. (1961–1975)
- Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (1975–1987), appointed Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos
- Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti (1988–1996), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima
- Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. (1996–2012)
- Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (since 2012), elevated to Cardinal in 2019
Auxiliary bishop
[edit]- Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (1970–1975), appointed Bishop here
External links and references
[edit]- "Diocese of Huehuetenango". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
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