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Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla

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Parishes
  
17

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Phone
  
+502 7888 0276

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
4,384 km²

Country
  
Guatemala

Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla

Metropolitan
  
Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 1,149,000 887,000 (77.2%)

Established
  
28 July 1994 (22 years ago)

Address
  
"A" 2-36, 3a. Calle, Escuintla, Guatemala

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla (erected 28 July 1994, as the Territorial Prelature of Escuintla) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora de Concepción, in Escuintla.

History

It was established on 1969.05.09 as Territorial Prelature of Escuintla on territory splitt off from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala, still its Metropolitan. On 28 July 1994 it was promoted to diocese.

Episcopal Ordinaries

Territorial Prelates of Escuintla
  • José Julio Aguilar García (1969.05.09 – 1972.11.02), Titular Bishop of Bononia (1970.12.05 – 1972.11.02), later Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1972.11.02 – 1974.08.22)
  • Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, Lazarists (C.M.) (1974.07.13 – 1984.03.03), Titular Bishop of Tiguala (1974.07.13 – ...); later Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1987.01.24 – 2010.10.02) and Apostolic Administrator of Izabal (Guatemala) (2011.07.26 – 2013.02.09)
  • Fernando Claudio Gamalero González (1986.03.13 – 1994.07.28 see below)
    • Suffragan Bishops of Escuintla
  • Fernando Claudio Gamalero González ( see above 1994.07.28 – death 2004.04.03)
  • Victor Hugo Palma Paúl (2004.04.03 - ), succeeded as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Escuintla (2001.07.14 – 2004.04.03)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla Wikipedia
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