![]() ![]() Santiago de Guatemala was made a diocese by Paul III 18 December, 1534, its first bishop being Don Francisco Marroquin, who came from Spain with the adelantado or governor, Don Pedro de Alvarado. It is bounded on the north by the State of Yucatán in Mexico, the British colony of Belize, and the Gulf of Honduras on the east by the Republics of Honduras and Salvador on the south by the Pacific Ocean on the west by the States of Chiapas and Tabasco in Mexico. ![]() Archdiocese conterminous with the Republic of Guatemala, in Central America. ![]()
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