Diocese of

Santa Rosa de Lima

Guatemala Guatemala

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santa Rosa de Lima / Sanctæ Rosæ de Lima (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago de Guatemala

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Rose of Lima

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.07.16 – ...):Bishop José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P. (74)Bishop José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P. (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa Rosa de Lima (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P. (74)Bishop José Cayetano Parra Novo, O.P. (74)
(2021.07.16 – ...)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala)

Evangelizar a los pobres

Born:1950.09.05 (Otívar, Granada, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1979.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:2017.01.21

Titular Bishop of Tubia (2016.11.11 – 2021.07.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala) (2016.11.11 – 2021.07.16)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala) (2021.07.16 – ...)

Bishop Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap. (63)Bishop Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap. (63)
(2007.07.28 – 2021.01.11)

Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:1961.05.20 (Aldea San Esteban, Chiquimula, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1987.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:2007.10.06

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (? – 2014)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala) (2007.07.28 – 2021.01.11)

Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala) (2021.01.11 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2023.01.27 – ...)

Bishop Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti
(1996.04.27 – 2006.07.04)

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)

Special Churches

Escuintla (←), Santiago de Guatemala (↖), Jalapa (↗), San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,955 km²

Population: 304,296 Catholics (69.2% of 439,759 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes

Personnel: 82 priests (40 diocesan, 42 religious), 3 deacons, 80 religious (42 brothers, 38 sisters), 15 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

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