Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Diocese of Jalapa in Guatemala

*Dioecesis Ialapensis in Guatimala*
Diocese of Jalapa in Guatemala; Dioecesis Ialapensis in Guatimala
	Nuestra Señora de la Expectación cathedral
Location
Country	Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Guatemala City
Statistics
Area	7,204 km2 (2,781 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010); 827,958; 678,926 (82%)
Parishes	33
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10 March 1951 (70 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Hope
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Bishops emeritus
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa is a Latin suffragan diocese in southeastern Guatemala, in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of (Santiago de) Guatemala.

Its Marian cathedral episcopal see is Nuestra Señora de la Expectación in Jalapa, its patron saint 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 Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa as fellow suffragan of Guatemala.

Bishops[]

(1951.04.11 – retired 1987.01.29), previously Titular Bishop of Sophene (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11) & Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11); also Apostolic Administrator of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1951 – 1955.11.30)
, Lazarists (C.M.) (1987.01.29 – retired 2001.12.05), previously Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala) (1978.02.03 – 1984.02.03), Titular Bishop of (1982.12.03 – 1987.01.29), Apostolic Vicar of El Petén (Guatemala) (1984.02.03 – 1987.01.29)
(5 December 2001 – 30 March 2020),^[1] previously Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala) (1986.10.31 – 2001.12.05)
(30 March 2020^[1] – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Izabal in 2004
. appointed Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas in 2016

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Resignations and Appointments, 30.03.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

External links[]

GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
"Diocese of Jalapa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-22.

Coordinates: 14°38′06″N 89°58′49″W / 14.6351°N 89.9803°W / 14.6351; -89.9803

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