Map

Diocese of

Huehuetenango

Guatemala Guatemala

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Huehuetenango / Gerontopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Tapachula (↙), San Cristóbal de las Casas (↖), Quiché (→), Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (↘), San Marcos (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.05.14 – ...):Cardinal Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (75)Cardinal Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (75)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto

Ordinaries

Bishops of Huehuetenango (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (75)Cardinal Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (75)
(2012.05.14 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto
Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala)

Ay de mí si no evangelizo

Born:1947.07.16 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1971.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1989.01.06
Created Cardinal:2019.10.05

Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala) (1988.12.15 – 2012.05.14)

President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (2001 – 2005)

President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2006 – 2008.01)

Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (2012.05.14 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto (2019.10.05 [2021.10.10] – ...)

Bishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M.
(1996.09.28 – 2012.05.14)

Born:1932.10.16 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1958.08.13
Consecrated Bishop:1987.06.27
Died:2019.04.13 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala † 86)

Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum (1987.05.15 – 1996.09.28)

Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala) (1987.05.15 – 1996.09.28)

Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1996.09.28 – 2012.05.14)

Bishop Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti
(1988.03.10 – 1996.04.27)

Diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum

Born:1937.04.09 (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1963.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:1983.01.31
Died:2006.07.04 (Aldea Montecillos, Santa Rosa, Guatemala † 69)

Titular Bishop of Pomaria (1982.12.03 – 1984.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1982.12.03 – 1984.04.04)

Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala) (1984.04.04 – 1988.03.10)

Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1988.03.10 – 1996.04.27)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala) (1996.04.27 – 2006.07.04)

Bishop Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (later Archbishop)
(1975.09.20 – 1987.04.04)

Born:1930.03.29 (San Felipe, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1956.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1971.01.10
Died:2020.08.26 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala † 90)

Titular Bishop of Naissus (1970.11.30 – 1975.09.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1970.11.30 – 1975.09.20)

Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1975.09.20 – 1987.04.04)

President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1986 – 1988)

Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala) (1987.04.04 – 1996.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala) (1996.02.13 – 2007.04.19)

President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1998 – 2002)

Bishop Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M.
(1967.12.23 – 1975.07.22)

Born:1913.09.11 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1943.02.07
Consecrated Bishop:1962.07.22
Died:1996.10.19 († 83)

Bishop-Prelate of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1961.08.08 – 1967.12.23)

Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina (1962.06.06 – 1967.12.23)

Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1967.12.23 – 1975.07.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA) (1975.07.22 – 1982.06.30)

Titular Bishop of Pinhel (1975.07.22 – 1996.10.19)

Prelates of Huehuetenango (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M.
(1961.08.08 – 1967.12.23)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

Website:

Statistics

Area: 7,400 km²

Population: 877,870 Catholics (64.0% of 1,371,676 total) (2020)

Statistics: 30 parishes, 32 priests (31 diocesan, 1 religious), 76 lay religious (4 brothers, 72 sisters), 22 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Inmaculada Concepción

History

Last updated on 2023.02.02

© 2023 GCatholic.org

Up