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Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa

Diocese of Jalapa in Guatemala
Dioecesis Ialapensis in Guatimala
Location
Country Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province Province of Guatemala City
Metropolitan Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.
Statistics
Area 7,204 km2 (2,781 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
827,958
678,926 (82%)
Parishes 33
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 10 March 1951 (66 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Hope
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle
Map
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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.

Its Marian cathedral episcopal see is Nuestra Señora de la Expectación in Jalapa, its patron saint Santa Cruz (the Holy Cross).

It was erected on 10 March 1951, on territoty 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.

(all Roman Rite)

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


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