Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa (Guatemala)

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Diocese of Jalapa in Guatemala

Dioecesis Ialapensis in Guatimala
Templo catolico principal de Jalapa. - panoramio.jpg
Nuestra Señora de la Expectación cathedral
Location
Country Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province Province of Guatemala City
Statistics
Area7,204 km2 (2,781 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
827,958
678,926 (82%)
Parishes33
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established10 March 1951 (71 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Hope
Patron saint Santa Cruz
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda
Bishops emeritus Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle
Map
Guatemala - Diocesi di Jalapa.png

The Diocese of Jalapa is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southeastern Guatemala. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala.

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Its Marian cathedral is Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Expectación in the episcopal see of Jalapa. The diocesan patron is Santa Cruz (the Holy Cross).

History

It was erected on 10 March 1951, on territory split off from the Archdiocese of Guatemala, which remains its metropolitan.

On 25 January 2016 it lost territory to erect the Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa as fellow suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guatemala.

Bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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References

  1. 1 2 "Resignations and Appointments, 30.03.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

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