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

Metropolitan Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)1,149,000887,000 (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.

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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