Víctor Hugo Martínez Contreras

Víctor Hugo Martínez Contreras (29 March 1930 – 26 August 2020) was a Guatemalan prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Huehuetenango and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán.

Quotes

• With our hearts filled with grief we communicate the anguish, sadness, sufferings of this country for many years: civil war, inhuman violence, chronic poverty, hunger, unemployment, lack of sources of work, political situation unable to deal with this reality. In addition to this desolate scene, sad and dark, now there are the effects of hurricane Stan: loss of life, material damage to homes, harvests, infrastructures, and a panorama of devastation which calls for our Christian solidarity.
  • “We rely on solidarity and prayers that the God of Life may give strength and hope to families who have lost loved ones, homes and harvests”: Catholic Bishops of Guatemala call for help for flood victims (11 October 2005) Fides News Agency