of indigenous Mayan peasants in the western highlands. During the 1960s, the Catholic Church in Guatemala was suppressed by anti-communist Guatemalan governments, due to suspected Marxist sympathies. Lower Catholic orders were also targeted by the military, as they were seen as subversive and instrumental in the spread of liberation theology. Guatemala again experienced more destruction in 1976 when an earthquake took the lives of 20,000 people and injured 80,000 more. Organization of the Catholic Church in Guatemala Dioceses Archdiocese of Guatemala Diocese of Escuintla Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima Diocese of Jalapa Diocese of Verapaz, Cobán Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán Diocese of Huehuetenango Diocese of Quiché Diocese of San Marcos Diocese of Sololá-Chimaltenango Diocese of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu See also List of Central American and Caribbean saints References Guatemala