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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

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The address the register holds for Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of St. James, in Santiago de Guatemala, Guatemala.

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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.

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.