Roman Catholic Diocese of Huehuetenango

Diocese of Huehuetenango

*Dioecesis Gerontopolitana*
Diocese of Huehuetenango; Dioecesis Gerontopolitana
Location
Country	Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán
Metropolitan	Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R.
Statistics
Area	7,400 km2 (2,900 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2010); 896,833; 690,519 (77%);
Parishes	31
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	22 July 1961 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de La Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huehuetenango, Guatemala was first erected 22 July 1961, as the Territorial Prelature of Huehuetenango. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán. It was elevated as a diocese on 23 December 1967.

Bishops

Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. (1961–1975)
Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (1975–1987), appointed Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos
Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti (1988–1996), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima
Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. (1996–2012)
Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (since 2012), elevated to Cardinal in 2019