Roman Catholic Diocese of Verapaz

Diocese of Verapaz

Dioecesis Verae Pacis
Location
CountryGuatemala
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Guatemala City
Statistics
Area11,810 km2 (4,560 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 1,318,000
  • 1,119,000 (84.9%)
Parishes34
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established27 July 1921 (103 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopRodolfo Valenzuela Núñez
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Verapaz (also Vera Paz, Cobán) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Guatemala.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral de Santo Domingo de Guzman, dedicated to Saint Dominic of Guzman, at Cobán, in Alta Verapaz.