Concordat of 1854

Concordat between the Holy See and the President of the Republic of Guatemala

Captain General Rafael Carrera
President of Guatemala in 1854
Created 1852
Ratified 1854
Location   Vatican Holy See and Congress of Guatemala
Author(s) Fernando Lorenzana and Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol
Purpose Through this treaty, Guatemala gave the education of the Guatemalan people to the regular orders of the Catholic Church, committed to respect the ecclesiastical properties and monasteries, authorized mandatory tithing and allowed the bishops to censor what was published in the country. [1]

The Concordat of 1854 was an international treaty between the president of the Republic of Guatemala - General Captain Rafael Carrera - and the Holy See, which was signed in 1852 and ratified by both parties in 1854. Through this, Guatemala gave the education of Guatemalan people to regular orders Catholic Church, committed to respect ecclesiastical property and monasteries, imposed mandatory tithing and allowed the bishops to censor what was published in the country; in return, Guatemala received dispensations for the members of the army, allowed those who had acquired the properties that the Liberals had expropriated the Church in 1829 to keep those properties, perceived taxes generated by the properties of the Church, and had the right to judge certain crimes committed by clergy under Guatemalan law.[1] The concordat was designed by Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol and reestablished the relationship between Church and State in Guatemala. It was in force until the fall of the conservative government of Marshal Vicente Cerna y Cerna

Contents

Pedro de Aycinena, Minister of the Interior, Justice and ecclesiastical affairs of Guatemala in 1852.

The concordat was originally signed in Rome on October 7, 1852 by Cardinal Antonelli, Secretary of State of Vatican and Fernando Lorenzana, minister plenipotentiary of Guatemala before the Holy See. It consists of twenty nine items, written in Latin and Spanish, which are summarized as follows:

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