Diocese of Vera Paz, Cobán
Verae Pacis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cobán, Guatemala
The Diocese of Verapaz, Coban is a Latin rite see covering the 11,810 km2 departments of Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz in Guatemala, and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guatemala. Its seat is the Catedral de Santo Domingo de Guzman in Coban. Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela Nunez has led the diocese since 22 February 2001.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1921
- Latin
- Verae Pacis
- Patron
- N-D du Rosaire, Dominique
- Annuario code
- 001000087
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,119,000
- Population
- 1,318,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.9%
- Priests
- 55
- Catholics per priest
- 20,345
- Extent
- 11,810 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 95
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
- Rodolfo Valenzuela Nunez
- Born
- 26 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Quetzaltenango
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 Santo Domingo de Guzman, Coban stands in Cobán, 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 Guatemala
A suffragan of Santiago de Guatemala.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JalapaJalapa
- Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de JutiapaSan Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa
- Diocese of Santa Rosa de LimaSanta Rosa de Lima
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Known also as Vera Paz, Cobán, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Verapaz is a Latin suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Guatemala. Its cathedral episcopal see, the Catedral de Santo Domingo de Guzman, honors Saint Dominic of Guzman and stands at Cobán in Alta Verapaz.
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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.