Territorial Prelature of

Santo Cristo de Esquipulas

Guatemala Guatemala

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Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature Territorial Prelature

Name: Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (español) / Sanctissimi Domini Nostri Iesu Christi de Esquipulas (Latin)

Governed by: Diocese of Zacapa

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago de Guatemala

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Notes: United æque principaliter with Santiago de Guatemala 1956–1986, with Zacapa 1986.06.24

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo Cristo de Esquipulas

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2016.02.22 – ...):Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus (61)Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus (61)

Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus (61)Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus (61)
(2016.02.22 – ...)

Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala)
Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:1963.08.02 (Aldea Azulco, Jutiapa, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1994.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:2016.05.21

Priest of Jalapa (Guatemala) (1994.12.03 – 2016.02.22)

Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) (2016.02.22 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (2016.02.22 – ...)

Bishop Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli (79)Bishop Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli (79)
(2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14)

Bishop emeritus of Quiché (Guatemala)

Deus caritas est

Born:1945.02.25 (Cammisano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1974.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:2009.01.31

Priest of Crema (Italy) (1974.06.28 – 1987)

Priest of Quiché (Guatemala) (1987 – 2008.11.20)

Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) (2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14)

Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14)

Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala) (2012.09.14 – 2023.04.15)

Bishop José Aníbal Casasola Sosa
(2004.05.13 – 2007.04.27)

Born:1949.11.04 (La Unión, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1977.11.05
Consecrated Bishop:2004.06.26
Died:2007.04.27 († 57)

Priest of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1977.11.05 – 2004.05.13)

Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) (2004.05.13 – 2007.04.27)

Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (2004.05.13 – 2007.04.27)

Bishop Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño (later Cardinal)
(1986.06.24 – 2001.06.19)

Fortes in fide

Born:1932.03.08 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1956.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1972.05.13
Created Cardinal:2003.10.21
Died:2012.06.04 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala † 80)

Priest of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1956.09.21 – 1972.04.05)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1968.08.18 – 1972.04.05)

Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala (1972.04.05 – 1975.09.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1972.04.05 – 1975.09.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1975.09.11 – 1980.02.16)

Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1980.02.16 – 2001.06.19)

Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (1986.06.24 – 2001.06.19)

President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1988 – 1992)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (2001.06.19 – 2010.10.02)

President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2002 – 2006)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino (2003.10.21 [2004.03.13] – 2012.06.04)

Archbishop Próspero Penados del Barrio
(1983.12.01 – 1986.06.24)

El Señor es mi luz

Born:1925.08.28 (Ciudad Flores, Petén, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1951.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:1966.11.19
Died:2005.05.13 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala † 79)

Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ (1966.07.28 – 1971.12.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala) (1966.07.28 – 1971.12.07)

Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala) (1971.12.07 – 1983.12.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1982 – 1986)

Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (1983.12.01 – 1986.06.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1983.12.01 – 2001.06.19)

President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1988 – 1992)

Cardinal Mario Antonio Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S.
(1964.12.12 – 1983.06.15)

Consolatio in caritate

Born:1909.02.13 (Figueras de Castropol, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1936.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:1958.12.27
Created Cardinal:1969.04.28
Died:1983.06.15 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala † 74)

Titular Bishop of Pudentiana (1958.11.15 – 1963.09.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1958.11.15 – 1963.09.22)

Titular Archbishop of Perge (1963.09.22 – 1964.12.12)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1963.09.22 – 1964.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1964.12.12 – 1983.06.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (1964.12.12 – 1983.06.15)

President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1965 – 1970)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Aquiro pro hac vice Title (1969.04.30 – 1983.06.15)

Archbishop Mariano Rossell y Arellano
(1956.09.16 – 1964.12.10)

Illuminatio mea et salus mea

Born:1894.07.18 (Esquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1918.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1939.04.16
Died:1964.12.10 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala † 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1939.01.08 – 1964.12.10)

Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (1956.09.16 – 1964.12.10)

President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1958 – 1963)

Special Churches

Zacapa (↖), Santa Rosa de Copán (→), Santa Ana (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 532 km²

Population: 67,900 Catholics (88.0% of 77,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 6 parishes

Personnel: 10 priests (religious), 62 religious (30 brothers, 32 sisters)

Population

Pastoral Centres

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