Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa (Guatemala)

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.

Diocese of Jalapa in Guatemala

Dioecesis Ialapensis in Guatimala
Nuestra Señora de la Expectación cathedral
Location
Country Guatemala
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
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established10 March 1951 (69 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Hope
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Benedicto Moscoso Miranda
Bishops emeritusJulio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle
Map

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
  • Miguel Angel García y Aráuz (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)
  • Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, 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 Nasai (1982.12.03 – 1987.01.29), Apostolic Vicar of El Petén (Guatemala) (1984.02.03 – 1987.01.29)
  • Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle (5 December 2001 – 30 March 2020),[1] previously Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala) (1986.10.31 – 2001.12.05)
  • José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda (30 March 2020[1] – present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
  • Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Izabal in 2004
  • Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus. appointed Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas in 2016

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



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