The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Guatemala.
The current Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala is Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.; he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on Monday, October 4, 2010 to replace Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruno, who had reached the age of 75 at which bishops submit their resignations to the Pope.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago, in the national capital Ciudad de Guatemala.
It also has
the former Cathedral, a World Heritage Site: Catedral de San José, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez
a Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
other National Shrine: Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez
further Shrines: Santuario Arquidiocesano del Señor San José, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala and Santuario Expiatorio al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
It was erected 18 December 1534, as the Diocese of Guatemala, on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo.
On 1561.06.21 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Vera Paz
It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala on 16 December 1743.
It lost territory repeatedly : on 1842.09.28 to establish the then Roman Catholic Diocese of San Salvador, on 1921.07.27 to establish the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (now also a Metropolitan Archbishopric) and the then Apostolic Vicariate of Verapaz and Petén, on 1951.03.10 to establish the dioceses of Jalapa (its suffragan), Sololá and the Zacapa, on 1969.05.09 to establish Territorial Prelature of Escuintla and on 1996.04.27 to establish its suffragan Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima.
It enjoyed papal visits from Pope John Paul II in March 1983, February 1996 and July 2002.
It was renamed on 23 April 2013 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following suffragan bishoprics :
Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa
Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima
Roman Catholic Diocese of Verapaz, Cobán
Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas.
(all Roman Rite) bios to be completed
Erected December 18, 1534
Suffragan Bishops of Guatemala
Francisco Marroquin Hurtado (1523–1563)
Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. (1564–1569)
Pedro Gómez de Córdoba, O.S.H. (1574–1598)
Juan Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. (1600–1609)
Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (1610–1615)
Pedro de Valencia (1615 - 1617) Appointed, Bishop of La Paz
Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A. (1621–1630)
Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (1630–1641)
Bartolomé González Soltero (1641–1650)
Juan Garcilaso de la Vega (1652–1657)
Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, O.S.A. (1657–1668)
Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1668–1675)
Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (1675–1682)
Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. (1682–1702)
Mauro de Larreátegui y Colón, O.S.B. (1703–1711)
Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M. (1713–1723)
Nicolás Carlos Gómez de Cervantes y Velázquez de la Cadena (1723–1726)
Juan Leandro Gómez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza (1728–1735)
Pedro Pardo de Figueroa (1735–1751)
Elevated December 16, 1743
Metropolitan Archbishops of Guatemala
Pedro Pardo de Figueroa (1735–1751)
Francisco José de Figueredo y Victoria (1752–1765)
Pedro Cortés y Larraz (1766–1779)
Cayetano Francos y Monroy (1778–1792)
Juan Félix de Villegas (1793–1800)
Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas (1801–1805)
Rafael de La Vara (1806–1809)
Francisco Ramón Valentín de Casaus y Torres, O.P. (1815–1845)
Francisco de Paul García Peláez (1845–1867)
José Bernardo Piñol y Aycinena (1867–1881)
Ricardo Casanova y Estrada (1886–1913)
Julio Ramón Riveiro y Jacinto, O.P. (1914–1921)
Luis Javier Muñoz y Capurón, S.J. (1921–1927)
Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. (1928–1938)
Mariano Rossell y Arellano (1939–1964)
Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. (1964–1983)
Próspero Penados del Barrio (1983–2001)
Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (2001–2010)
Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (2010 – April 25, 2013 see below)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Santiago de Guatemala
Name changed April 25, 2013
Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (see above April 25, 2013 – ...)
Archbishop: Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.
Auxiliary Bishop : Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.
Auxiliary Bishop : Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández
Auxiliary Bishop : José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa
Auxiliary Bishop : Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M.
