Diocese of Santiago de Guatemala

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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.

Archbishop
Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez
Latin name
Sancti Iacobi in Guatimala
Erected
18 December 1534
Cathedral
Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James (Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago)
Patron
Assumption of Mary and Saint James the Greater
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Santiago de Guatemala
Catholics
3,486,000
Chancery
Arzobispado, 7ª Avenida 6-21, Zona 1, 01001 Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Telephone
Tel. e fax 2506-3560

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002969 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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