Roman Catholic Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán in Guatemala's southern interior.

Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango

Dioecesis Sololensis-Chimaltenangensis
Concatedral Santa Ana, Chimaltenangensis
Location
CountryGuatemala
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
MetropolitanMario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.
Statistics
Area3,040 km2 (1,170 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
924,000
744,000 (80.5%)
Parishes34
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established10 March 1951 (73 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Co-cathedralConcatedral Santa Ana
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDomingo Buezo Leiva
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It has a Cathedral episcopal see, Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, in Sololá, and a Co-Cathedral Concatedral Santa Ana, in Chimaltenango.

History

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It was erected on 10 March 1951, as the Diocese of Sololá, on territories split off from the Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos and the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala.

On 27 April 1967, it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché. It was renamed Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango on 31 December 1996.

Bishops

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Suffragan Bishops of Sololá
Suffragan Bishops of Sololá-himaltenango

Coadjutor bishop

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References

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  • "Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
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