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First Ordination of a Priest in Cuilapa Cathedral

 
 
First Ordination of a Priest in Cuilapa Cathedral Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 18, 2016
1. First Ordination of a Priest in Cuilapa Cathedral Marker
Inscription.  
Conmemorando
La primera
ordenacion
sacerdotal
en esta
iglesia catedral

D. Edwin Romeo Davila Morales
D. Ervin Rolando Hernandez Lopez
Por el Primer Obispo de la Diocesis
de Santa Rosa de Lima
Monseρor Julio Amilcar Bethancourt Fioravanti
Nov. 20 2004
Celebracion Primera Misa
Padre Erwin Romeo Davila Morales
Nov. 21 2004.
Cuilapa Nov. del 2004.

English translation:
The first ordination of a priest
in this Cathedral Church
D. Edwin Romeo Davila Morales
D. Ervin Rolando Hernandez Lopez
by the First Bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima
Monsignor Julio Amilcar Bethancourt Fioravanti
Nov. 20, 2004
The First Mass Celebrated by
Padre Erwin Romeo Davila Morales
Nov. 21, 2004.

 
Erected 2004.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is October 20, 2004.
 
Location. 14° 16.734′ N, 90° 17.95′ W. Marker is in Cuilapa, Santa Rosa. It is on 1a Avenida
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, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cuilapa, Santa Rosa 06001, Guatemala. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in North America, specifically in Central America, in Mesoamerica, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, and in the Western Hemisphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also a Spanish colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mayan Compacting Stone (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Los Esclavos Bridge (approx. 3.7 kilometers away).
 
First Ordination of a Priest in Cuilapa Cathedral Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 18, 2016
2. First Ordination of a Priest in Cuilapa Cathedral Marker
The marker is to the left of the Catholic Church of Cuilapa's entrance.
Interior of the Cuilapa Cathedral image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 18, 2016
3. Interior of the Cuilapa Cathedral
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 2, 2018. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 377 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 15, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
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