The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacapa (y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas) is a Latin
suffragan
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diocese in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
Archdiocese of Guatemala.
Its
cathedral
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episcopal see is catedral San Pedro (dedicated to saint Peter), in
Zacapa
Zacapa () is the departmental capital municipality of Zacapa Department, one of the 22 Departments of Guatemala. It is located approximately from Guatemala City.
Sports
Football club Deportivo Zacapa competes in Guatemala's top division and p ...
. It also had a virtual
Co-cathedral, Basílica del Cristo Negro de Esquipulas, which is officially still the cathedral of the
Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas
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.
History
It was erected 10 March 1951, as the Diocese of Zacapa, on territory split off from the
Archdiocese of Guatemala (still its Metropolitan].
On 16 September 1956, it lost territory to establish the
Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas
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, and again on 30 April 1968 to establish the then
Apostolic Administration of Izabal
The Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in eastern Guatemala's Izabal Department. It is exempt directly to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical provinc ...
.
It was (re)united ''aeque principaliter'' (in permanent personal union) with the
Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas
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on 24 June 1986 and since assumed the name Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas.
It enjoyed a papal visit from
Pope John Paul II
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in February 1996.
Bishops
Episcopal ordinaries
* ''
Apostolic Administrator
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Miguel Ángel García y Aráuz (1951 – 1955.11.30), while first Bishop of
Jalapa
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(Guatemala) (1951.04.11 – 1987.01.29); previously
Titular Bishop
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of
Sophene
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(1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11) &
Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Guatemala (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11)''
*
Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda,
Friars Minor
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(O.F.M.) (1955.11.30 – 1980.02.16)
*
Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1980.02.16 – 2001.06.19), succeeding as former
Coadjutor Bishop
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of Zacapa (1975.09.11 – 1980.02.16); also Bishop-Prelate of the
Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas
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(1986.06.24 – 2001.06.19), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1988–1992); previously Titular Bishop of
Gadiaufala
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According to the 1998 census it has a population of 11,095.
History
...
(1972.04.05 – 1975.09.11) & Auxiliary Bishop of Zacapa (1972.04.05 – 1975.09.11); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Guatemala
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(2001.06.19 – 2010.10.02), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2002–2006),
Cardinal-Priest
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of S. Saturnino (2003.10.21
004.03.13– 2012.06.04)
*
José Aníbal Casasola Sosa
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(2004.05.13 – 2007.04.27), also Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (2004.05.13 – 2007.04.27)
*
Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli
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* Massimiliano Rosolino
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(2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14), also Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14); later Bishop of
Quiché (Guatemala) (2012.09.14 – ...)
* Vacant see (
sede vacante
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Hi ...
): 2012–2016
*
Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus
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(2016.02.22 – present); until then Subcoordinator of COPADENA for the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa
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.
I ...
and Pastor of the "Nuestra Señora de Lourdes" (
Our Lady of Lourdes
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) Parish, in
El Progreso Achuapa
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American p ...
,
Jutiapa
Jutiapa is a city and a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala.
Located 124 km from the city of Guatemala City, at an altitude of 892 m (2,926 ft),
Coadjutor bishop
*
Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1975-1980); future Cardinal
Auxiliary bishop
*
Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1972-1975), appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
*
Domingo Buezo Leiva, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Izabal in 2013
External links and references
*
Sources and external links
GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
References
Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas
Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas
Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas
1951 establishments in Guatemala
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Santiago de Guatemala
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