Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla

Diocese of Escuintla Dioecesis Escuintlensis
Location
Country	Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Guatemala City
Metropolitan	Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.
Statistics
Area	4,384 km2 (1,693 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,149,000 887,000 (77.2%)
Parishes	17
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	28 July 1994 (29 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora de Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Victor Hugo Palma Paúl
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Escuintla (erected 28 July 1994, as the Territorial Prelature of Escuintla) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora de Concepción, in Escuintla.

History

It was established on 1969.05.09 as Territorial Prelature of Escuintla on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala, still its Metropolitan. On 28 July 1994 it was promoted to diocese.

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 Mont, 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)

Sources, External links and references

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