Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala

Its cathedral is the Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago, is the episcopal see in the national capital Ciudad de Guatemala. It also has • the former Cathedral, a World Heritage Site: Catedral de San José, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez • a Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala • other National Shrine: Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez • further Shrines: Santuario Arquidiocesano del Señor San José, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala and Santuario Expiatorio al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala == History ==

• It was erected 18 December 1534, as the Diocese of Guatemala, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Santo Domingo. • On 21 June 1561 territory was ceded to establish the Diocese of Vera Paz • It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala on 16 December 1743. • It lost territory repeatedly: on 28 September 1842, to establish the then Diocese of San Salvador, on 27 July 1921, to establish the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (now also a metropolitan archdiocese) and the then Apostolic Vicariate of Verapaz and Petén, on 10 March 1951, to establish the dioceses of Jalapa (its suffragan), Sololá and the Zacapa, on 9 May 1969, to establish the Territorial Prelature of Escuintla, and on 27 April 1996, to establish its suffragan Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima. • Papal visits were undertaken by Pope John Paul II in March 1983, February 1996 and July 2002. • The Archdiocese was renamed as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala on 23 April 2013. == Province ==

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following suffragan bishoprics : • Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla • Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa • Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa • Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima • Roman Catholic Diocese of Verapaz, Cobán • Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas. ==Episcopal ordinaries==

;Bishops of Guatemala ;Archbishops of Guatemala ;Archbishops of Santiago de Guatemala • Óscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (see above April 25, 2013 – February 24, 2018) • Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. (July 9, 2020 – present) Coadjutor bishops • Fernando Ortiz de Hinojosa (1598); did not take effect • Francisco de Paul García Peláez (1843–1845) • Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1963–1964); future Cardinal Auxiliary bishops • Miguel Cilieza y Velasco (1765–1767), appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) • Antonio Larrazábal (1839–1846), never consecrated • Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda, O.F.M. Obs. (1859–1861), appointed Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras • Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol (1859–1865) • osé María Barrutia y Croquer (1859–1864) • Emmanuele Francesco Barrutia y Croquer (1865–1879) • Miguel Angel García y Aráuz (1944–1951), appointed Bishop of Jalapa • Rafael González Estrada (1955–1984) • Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1958–1963), appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal • José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa (1967–2010) • James Richard Ham, M.M. (1967–1979) • Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. (1968–1980) • Eduardo Ernesto Fuentes Duarte (1980–1982), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sololá • Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti (1982–1984), appointed Bishop of San Marcos • Juan José Gerardi Conedera (1984–1998) • Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M. (1987–2010) • Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. (2004–2007), appointed Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango • Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández (2004–2016) • Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes (2007–) • José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P. (2016–) Other priests of this diocese who became bishops • Jorge de Viteri y Ungo, appointed Bishop of San Salvador in 1843 • José Cándido Piñol y Batres, appointed Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua in 1913 • Jorge García Caballeros, appointed Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos in 1928 • Pablo Vizcaíno Prado, appointed Bishop of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu in 1996 • Victor Hugo Palma Paúl, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Escuintla in 2001 • Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, appointed Bishop of San Marcos in 2008; elevated as Cardinal in 2019 • Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez, appointed Bishop of San Marcos in 2014 ==Churches==

• Iglesia Católica Sagrado Corazón de Jesus, Guatemala City • Iglesia de Cristo Pinares del Nort ==References==