Metropolitan see Santiago de Guatemala, Guatemala
Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala
Sancti Iacobi in Guatimala
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1534
- Catholics
- 3,486,000
- Priests
- 434
- Territory
- 2,591 km²
Parishes and churches
157 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San JoséAntigua Guatemala · CathedralView parish
- SantiagoCiudad de Guatemala · CathedralView parish
- Ascensión del SeñorMixcoView parish
- AsunciónMixcoView parish
- Beata Madre Encarnación RosalCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Corazón de MaríaVilla NuevaView parish
- Corpus ChristiCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Cristo HermanoCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Cristo Nuestra PazCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Cristo ReyCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Dios Con NosotrosCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Divina MisericordiaVilla NuevaView parish
- El Buen PastorCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- El Divino RedentorCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- El Divino Salvador del MundoCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- El Dulce Nombre de JesúsSanta María de JesúsView parish
- El Espíritu SantoCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- El Santísimo Nombre de JesúsCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónVilla NuevaView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónEl ChatoView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónLa ConcepciónView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónMixcoView parish
- Inmaculada Concepción de MaríaEl CarrizalView parish
- Inmaculada de TívoliCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Inmaculado Corazón de MaríaCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Jesucristo ResucitadoVilla NuevaView parish
- Jesús de la Montaña de Santa ElenaCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Jesús NipalakinMixcoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez
- Born
- 28 April 1954
- Birthplace
- Madrid
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI)
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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.
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.