Continent: Central America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Escuintla / Escuintlen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago de Guatemala
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Bishop (2004.04.03 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Escuintla (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala)
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Bishop Fernando Claudio Gamalero González
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Prelates of Escuintla (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Fernando Claudio Gamalero González (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa | ||||||||||
Titular Bishop of Tiguala
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Bishop José Julio Aguilar García
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Area: 4,384 km²
Population: 1,261,940 Catholics (77.0% of 1,637,952 total) (2020)
Statistics: 18 parishes, 240 missions, 38 priests (29 diocesan, 9 religious), 43 lay religious (9 brothers, 34 sisters), 5 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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