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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- 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.
- Santo Hermano PedroMixcoView parish
- Santo Hermano Pedro de San José de BetancourtCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Santo TomásSanto Tomás Milpas AltasView parish
- Santísima TrinidadCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Señor de EsquipulasCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Señor de las MisericordiasCiudad de GuatemalaView parish
- Virgen de la Medalla MilagrosaCiudad de GuatemalaView 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.