Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
in Guatemala
Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Guatemala | |
Date | Change |
| 1534.12.18 | Diocese of Guatemala was established (from Diocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Sevilla) |
| 1561.06.21 | Diocese of Vera Paz was established (from Diocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of MĂ©xico) |
| 1603.06.23 | Diocese of Vera Paz was suppressed (to Diocese of Guatemala) |
| 1743.12.16 | Diocese of Guatemala was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala (with suffragan sees Chiapas, Comayagua and LeĂłn) |
| 1921.07.27 | Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1921.07.27 | Apostolic Vicariate of Verapaz and Petén was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1935.01.14 | Apostolic Vicariate of Verapaz and Petén was promoted as Diocese of Vera Paz |
| 1951.03.10 | Apostolic Administration of El Petén was established (from Diocese of Vera Paz) |
| 1951.03.10 | Diocese of Jalapa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1951.03.10 | Diocese of San Marcos was established (from Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1951.03.10 | Diocese of Sololá was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1951.03.10 | Diocese of Zacapa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1956.09.16 | Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas was established (from Diocese of Zacapa and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1961.07.22 | Territorial Prelature of Huehuetenango was established (from Diocese of San Marcos and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1967.04.27 | Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché was established (from Diocese of Sololá and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1967.12.23 | Territorial Prelature of Huehuetenango was promoted as Diocese of Huehuetenango |
| 1968.04.30 | Apostolic Administration of Izabal was established (from Diocese of Zacapa) |
| 1969.05.09 | Territorial Prelature of Escuintla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1984.02.03 | Apostolic Administration of El Petén was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of El Petén |
| 1988.03.12 | Apostolic Administration of Izabal was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal |
| 1994.07.28 | Territorial Prelature of Escuintla was promoted as Diocese of Escuintla |
| 1996.02.13 | Diocese of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (with suffragan sees Huehuetenango, San Marcos, Santa Cruz del Quiché and Sololá) |
| 1996.04.27 | Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala) |
| 1996.12.31 | Diocese of Sololá was renamed as Diocese of Sololá–Chimaltenango |
| 1996.12.31 | Diocese of Suchitepéquez–Retalhuleu was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán and became suffragan of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán) |
| 2000.07.11 | Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché was renamed as Diocese of Quiché |
| 2013.04.25 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala |
| 2016.01.25 | Diocese of San Francisco de AsĂs de Jutiapa was established (from Diocese of Jalapa and became suffragan of Santiago de Guatemala) |
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