Archdiocese of Agaña
Aganien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Agaña, Guam
The Archdiocese of Agana is the Latin rite metropolitan see for Guam, elevated in 1984, with its seat at the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagatna. Archbishop Ryan P. Jimenez, previously Bishop of Chalan Kanoa, was appointed by Pope Francis on 6 July 2024 and installed on 15 August 2024; he is also president of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 March 1984
- Latin
- Aganien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000604
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Ryan P. Jimenez
- Born
- 18 December 1971
- Birthplace
- Dumaguete
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
Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica, Hagatna stands in Agaña, 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.
The province of Agana
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Caroline IslandsCaroline Islands
- Diocese of Chalan KanoaChalan Kanoa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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
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].