Roman Catholic Diocese of Quiché

Diocese of Quiche Dioecesis Quicensis
Catedral de Santa Cruz
Location
Country	Guatemala
Territory	San Marcos
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
Metropolitan	Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.
Statistics
Area	8,378 km2 (3,235 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 714,000 503,000 (80%)
Parishes	26
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 April 1967 (57 years ago)
Cathedral	Holy Cross Cathedral, Santa Cruz del Quiché
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Juan Manuel Cuá Ajacum
Bishops emeritus	Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quiché is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán.

It was erected 27 April 1967, as the Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Sololá.

It was renamed on 11 July 2000.

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Santa Cruz del Quiché

• Humberto Lara Mejía, Lazarists (C.M.) (1967.05.05 – 1972.06.09), previously Titular Bishop of Trajanopolis in Phrygia (1957.07.19 – 1967.05.05) & Auxiliary Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1957.07.19 – 1967.05.05); also President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1970–1972)
• ? José Julio Aguilar García (1972–1974)
• Juan José Gerardi Conedera (1974.08.22 – 1984.08.14), also President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1970–1972); previously Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1967.05.05 – 1974.08.22), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1972–1978); later Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera (1984.08.14 – 1998.04.26) & Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1984.08.14 – 1998.04.26)

Suffragan Bishops of Quiché

• Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle (1986.10.31 – 2001.12.05), later Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala) (2001.12.05 – ...)
• Mario Alberto Molina Palma, Augustinian Recollects (O.A.R.) (2004.10.29 – 2011.07.14), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán (Guatemala) (2011.07.14 – ...), vice-president of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2012.03 – ...)
• Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli (2012.09.14 – ...), previously Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) (2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14), Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14)

• "Diocese of Quiché". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 23 February 2007.

• GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links

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