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Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla

Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla

Roman Catholic diocese in Guatemala

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.

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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
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)
  • with incumbent biography links
  • "Diocese of Escuintla". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-22.

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