Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in 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 México)
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 León)
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 Asís de Jutiapa was established (from Diocese of Jalapa and became suffragan of Santiago de Guatemala)