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