Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla

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Diocese of Escuintla

Dioecesis Escuintlensis
Location
Country Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province Province of Guatemala City
Statistics
Area4,384 km2 (1,693 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
1,149,000
887,000 (77.2%)
Parishes17
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established28 July 1994 (28 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nuestra Señora de Concepción
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Victor Hugo Palma Paúl
Map
Guatemala - Diocesi di Escuintla.png

The Diocese of Escuintla is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Guatemala. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala. The Diocese of Escuintla was erected on 28 July 1994 from a territorial prelature.

Contents

Its cathedral is Catedral Nuestra Señora de Concepción, in the episcopal see of Escuintla.

History

It was established on 1969.05.09 as a Territorial Prelature of Escuintla on territory split off from the Archdiocese of Guatemala, which remains its metropolitan. On 28 July 1994 it was promoted to diocese.

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

Territorial Prelates of Escuintla
Suffragan Bishops of Escuintla

Coadjutor bishop

Coordinates: 14°18′04″N90°47′08″W / 14.3012°N 90.7856°W / 14.3012; -90.7856


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