Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa (Guatemala)
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Diocese of Jalapa in Guatemala Dioecesis Ialapensis in Guatimala |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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
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