Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Quezaltenango, Diocese of

QUEZALTENANGO, DIOCESI DI

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Also known as: Diocese of Los Altos, Diocese of Quetzaltenango; Spanish: Quetzaltenango; Italian: Diocesi di Los Altos

QUEZALTENANGO, DIOCESE OF. - Diocese of the Republic of Guatemala in South America, suffragan of the archdiocese of Guatemala.

It has an area of 25,149 sq km with a population of 1,018,079 inhabitants, of whom 700,000 are Catholics; 35 parishes with 10 diocesan priests and 27 regulars; 5 male religious communities and 3 female ones (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 332).

The diocese was erected by Benedict XV on 27 July 1921 under the name of Los Altos and published only on 3 Aug. 1928.

Bibliography

BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., XLVIII, p. 1060.

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 411.

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Josi, Enrico. “Quezaltenango, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 411. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/quezaltenango-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Quezaltenango, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 411. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/quezaltenango-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Quezaltenango, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {411},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/quezaltenango-diocesi-di}
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