The Diocese of Jalapa is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in southeastern

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. It is a

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in the

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of the

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Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala. Its Marian

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is ''Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Expectación'' in the

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Jalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which ...

. 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

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of the Archdiocese of Guatemala.

Bishops

* Miguel Angel García y Aráuz (1951.04.11 – retired 1987.01.29), previously

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of Sophene (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11) & Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11); also

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of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1951 – 1955.11.30) *

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, Lazarists (C.M.) (1987.01.29 – retired 2001.12.05), previously

of El Petén (Guatemala) (1978.02.03 – 1984.02.03), Titular Bishop of

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(1982.12.03 – 1987.01.29), Apostolic Vicar of El Petén (Guatemala) (1984.02.03 – 1987.01.29) *

Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

(5 December 2001 – 30 March 2020), previously Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala) (1986.10.31 – 2001.12.05) * José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda (30 March 2020 – present) ;Other priests of this diocese who became bishops * Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Izabal in 2004 *

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. appointed Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas in 2016

References

External links

GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
* Roman Catholic dioceses in Guatemala Christian organizations established in 1951 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1951 establishments in Guatemala Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Santiago de Guatemala {{RC-diocese-stub