Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu
Suchitepequen(sis)-Retalhulen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Suchitepéquez, Guatemala
The Diocese of Suchitepequez-Retalhuleu is a Latin rite see on Guatemala's Pacific coastal plain, erected in 1996 and covering the departments of Suchitepequez and Retalhuleu. Bishop Pablo Vizcaino Prado has led the diocese since 31 December 1996, the year of its erection.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 December 1996
- Latin
- Suchitepequen(sis)-Retalhulen(sis)
- Patron
- Barthélemy
- Annuario code
- 001003119
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 496,000
- Population
- 707,000
- Catholic share
- 70.2%
- Priests
- 32
- Catholics per priest
- 15,500
- Extent
- 4,366 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 114
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pablo Vizcaino Prado
- Born
- 22 June 1951
- Birthplace
- Ciudad de Guatemala
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral San Bartolomé stands in Suchitepéquez, 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
Erected on 31 December 1996, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].