Diocese of Jalapa in Guatemala Dioecesis Ialapensis in Guatimala | |
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Nuestra Señora de la Expectación cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Guatemala City |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,204 km2 (2,781 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 33 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 10 March 1951 (74 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Hope |
| Patron saint | Santa Cruz |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda |
| Bishops emeritus | Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle |
| Map | |
TheDiocese of Jalapa is aLatin Church ecclesiastical territory ordiocese of theCatholic Church in southeasternGuatemala. It is asuffragan diocese in theecclesiastical province of themetropolitanArchdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala.
ItsMariancathedral isCatedral Nuestra Señora de la Expectación in theepiscopal see ofJalapa. The diocesanpatron isSanta Cruz (theHoly Cross).
It was erected on 10 March 1951, on territory split off from theArchdiocese of Guatemala, which remains its metropolitan.
On 25 January 2016 it lost territory to erect theDiocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa as fellowsuffragan of the Archdiocese of Guatemala.
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