Roman Catholic Diocese of Huehuetenango
The Diocese of Huehuetenango (Latin: Dioecesis Gerontopolitanus ) is located in Guatemala Roman Catholic diocese based in Huehuetenango. It includes the Department of Huehuetenango.
History
Pope John XXIII. founded the Territorialprälatur Huehuetenango on 22 July in 1961 of territory of the Diocese of San Marcos, which was the Archbishopric of Guatemala is a suffragan.
On December 23, 1967, she was elevated to the bishopric. On February 13, 1996, it was part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango - Totonicapán.
Ordinaries
Prelate of Huehuetenango
- Mark Hugo Gerber man MM, July 22, 1961-23. December 1967
Bishops of Huehuetenango
- Mark Hugo Gerber man MM, December 23, 1967-22. July 1975
- Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras, September 20, 1975-4. April 1987, then Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos
- Julio Amilcar Bethancourt Fioravanti, March 10, 1988-27. April 1996, then Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima
- Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata CM, September 28, 1996-14. May 2012
- Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, since May 14, 2012