Word: quezaltenango
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Olintepeque. One day last week in the main plaza of that village, the 1,500 inhabitants gathered apprehensively. The influx of foreign Catholic priests that started in 1954 (following repeal of a 19th century ban) was finally bringing Olintepeque its own parish priest. Luis Manresa Formosa, Bishop of nearby Quezaltenango and a no-nonsense defender of the faith, was coming with the departmental Governor to install James Flaherty of New York's Maryknoll order, as the fulltime village priest...