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.
- Jesús ObreroMixcoView parish
- Jesús ResucitadoMixcoView parish
- La Divina ProvidenciaCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- La MercedAntigua GuatemalaView parish
- La Resurrección del SeñorAldea El CerritoView parish
- Madre del RedentorMixcoView parish
- María AuxiliadoraCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- María Auxilio de los CristianosMixcoView parish
- Medalla MilagrosaVilla NuevaView parish
- Natividad de MaríaCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de BelénMixcoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de CandelariaSan Juan SacatepéquezView parish
- Nuestra Señora de CandelariaCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de FátimaCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de FátimaEl DuraznoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de FátimaLo de DiéguezView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónJocotenangoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la Preciosa SangreCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las MercedesCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las VictoriasCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los RemediosAntigua GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los RemediosCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de MontserratMixcoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del MilagroMixcoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioMixcoView 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.