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 Guatemala. It is a suffragan diocese in the

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala. Its

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is ''Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Expectación'' in the episcopal see of

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. The diocesan

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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 suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guatemala.

Bishops

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

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

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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 ...

(Guatemala) (1951 – 1955.11.30) * Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila,

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

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(Guatemala) (1978.02.03 – 1984.02.03), Titular Bishop of Nasai (1982.12.03 – 1987.01.29),

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(Guatemala) (1984.02.03 – 1987.01.29) * Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle (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