Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla
{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in Guatemala}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Diocese
| name = Escuintla
| latin = Dioecesis Escuintlensis
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| country = Guatemala
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| province = Province of Guatemala City
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| area_km2 = 4,384
| population = 1,149,000
| population_as_of = 2010
| catholics = 887,000
| catholics_percent = 77.2
| parishes = 17
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| denomination = Catholic Church
| sui_iuris_church = Latin Church
| rite = Roman Rite
| established = 28 July 1994 ({{age|1994|7|28}} years ago)
| cathedral = Catedral Nuestra Señora de Concepción
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| bishop_title = Bishop
| bishop = Victor Hugo Palma Paúl
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The Diocese of Escuintla is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Guatemala. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala. The Diocese of Escuintla was erected on 28 July 1994 from a territorial prelature.
Its cathedral is Catedral Nuestra Señora de Concepción, in the episcopal see of Escuintla.
History
It was established on 1969.05.09 as a Territorial Prelature of Escuintla on territory split off from the Archdiocese of Guatemala, which remains its metropolitan. On 28 July 1994 it was promoted to diocese.
Bishops
=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 Montt, 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)
=Coadjutor bishop=
- Victor Hugo Palma Paúl (2001-2004)
Sources, External links and references
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/escu0.htm with incumbent biography links]
- {{cite web|title = Diocese of Escuintla|work=Catholic-Hierarchy|url =http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/descu.html|accessdate=2007-02-22}}
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Category:Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Santiago de Guatemala
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