Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala
Sancti Iacobi in Guatimala
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Santiago de Guatemala, Guatemala
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is the metropolitan see and primatial church of Guatemala, founded as the Diocese of Guatemala in 1534 and raised to an archdiocese in 1743. It was renamed Santiago de Guatemala in 2013 and is led by Archbishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1534
- Latin
- Sancti Iacobi in Guatimala
- Patron
- Assumption of Mary and Saint James the Greater
- Annuario code
- 001002969
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,486,000
- Priests
- 434
- Catholics per priest
- 8,032
- Extent
- 2,591 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,345
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
- Archbishop
- Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez
- Born
- 28 April 1954
- Birthplace
- Madrid
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI)
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
Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James stands in Santiago de Guatemala, 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 Santiago de Guatemala
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EscuintlaEscuintla
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A primatial metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Guatemala, presiding over an ecclesiastical province of six suffragan dioceses.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.