Diocese of Quiché
Quicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Quiché, Guatemala
The Diocese of Quiche is a Latin rite see in western Guatemala, known as a land of martyrs from the civil war era, and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapan. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Santa Cruz del Quiche. Bishop Juan Manuel Cua Ajucum, previously auxiliary of Los Altos, was appointed by Pope Francis on 15 April 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1967
- Latin
- Quicen(sis)
- Patron
- La sainte Croix
- Annuario code
- 001002701
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 689,100
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 18,624
- Extent
- 8,378 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 82
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Juan Manuel Cua Ajucum
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de la Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz del Quiche stands in Quiché, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapan
A suffragan of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-TotonicapánLos Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
- Diocese of HuehuetenangoHuehuetenango
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.