Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa (Guatemala)

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.

Diocese of Jalapa in Guatemala

Dioecesis Ialapensis in Guatimala
Nuestra Señora de la Expectación cathedral
Location
CountryGuatemala
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Guatemala City
Statistics
Area7,204 km2 (2,781 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
827,958
678,926 (82%)
Parishes33
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established10 March 1951 (73 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Hope
Patron saintSanta Cruz
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Benedicto Moscoso Miranda
Bishops emeritusJulio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle
Map

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

edit

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

edit
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "Resignations and Appointments, 30.03.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
edit

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