Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa (Guatemala)

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 km^2 (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 (65 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).

History

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.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

• Miguel Angel García y Aráuz (1951.04.11 – retired 1987.01.29), previously Titular Bishop of Sophene (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11) & Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11); also Apostolic Administrator of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1951 – 1955.11.30)
• Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, Lazarists (C.M.) (1987.01.29 – retired 2001.12.05), previously Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala) (1978.02.03 – 1984.02.03), Titular Bishop of Nasai (1982.12.03 – 1987.01.29), Apostolic Vicar of El Petén (Guatemala) (1984.02.03 – 1987.01.29)
• Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle ((2001.12.05 - ), previously Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala) (1986.10.31 – 2001.12.05)

Sources and External links and references

• GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
• "Diocese of Jalapa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-22.