Suffragan diocese Cobán, Guatemala
Diocese of Vera Paz, Cobán
Verae Pacis
Latin Church
The Diocese of Verapaz, Coban is a Latin rite see covering the 11,810 km2 departments of Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz in Guatemala, and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guatemala. Its seat is the Catedral de Santo Domingo de Guzman in Coban. Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela Nunez has led the diocese since 22 February 2001.
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- Established
- 1921
- Catholics
- 1,119,000
- Priests
- 55
- Territory
- 11,810 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church 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
- Bishop
- Rodolfo Valenzuela Nunez
- Born
- 26 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Quetzaltenango
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The cathedral
Catedral de Santo Domingo de Guzman, Coban stands in Cobán, 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
Known also as Vera Paz, Cobán, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Verapaz is a Latin suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Guatemala. Its cathedral episcopal see, the Catedral de Santo Domingo de Guzman, honors Saint Dominic of Guzman and stands at Cobán in Alta Verapaz.