Diocese of

Escuintla

Guatemala

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 4,384 km²

Population: 1,073,490 Catholics (77.1% of 1,393,180 total) (2017)

Statistics: 18 parishes, 240 missions, 30 priests (diocesan), 37 lay religious (37 sisters), 12 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago de Guatemala

Neighbouring Dioceses: Suchitepéquez–Retalhuleu (←), Sololá–Chimaltenango (↑), Santiago de Guatemala (↗), Santa Rosa de Lima (→)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción

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History

1969.05.09: Established as Territorial Prelature of Escuintla / Escuintlen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala)
1994.07.28: Promoted as Diocese of Escuintla / Escuintlen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de Concepción, Escuintla, Escuintla
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

All Churches (15)

Suchitepéquez–Retalhuleu (←), Sololá–Chimaltenango (↑), Santiago de Guatemala (↗), Santa Rosa de Lima (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.04.03 – ...):

Bishop Victor Hugo Palma Paúl (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Escuintla (Roman Rite)

Bishop Victor Hugo Palma Paúl (62)
(2004.04.03 – ...)

Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala)

Born:	1958.04.10 (Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.01

Coadjutor Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala) (2001.07.14 – 2004.04.03)

Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala) (2004.04.03 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Claudio Gamalero González
(1994.07.28 – 2004.04.03)

Born:	1930.05.19 (Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1961.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.05.10
Died:	2004.04.03 († 73)

Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala) (1986.03.13 – 1994.07.28)

Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala) (1994.07.28 – 2004.04.03)

Prelates of Escuintla (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fernando Claudio Gamalero González
(1986.03.13 – 1994.07.28)

(see above)

Bishop Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M. (88)
(1974.07.13 – 1984.03.03)

Titular Bishop of Tiguala
Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Born:	1932.03.17 (Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1959.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.27

Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala) (1974.07.13 – 1984.03.03)

Titular Bishop of Tiguala (1974.07.13 – ...)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1987.01.24 – 2010.10.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Izabal (Guatemala) (2011.07.26 – 2013.02.09)

Bishop José Julio Aguilar García
(1969.05.09 – 1972.11.02)

Born:	1923.12.09 (Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1951.10.21
Died:	1999.12 († 76)

Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala) (1969.05.09 – 1972.11.02)

Titular Bishop of Bononia (1970.12.05 – 1972.11.02)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1972.11.02 – 1974.08.22)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Victor Hugo Palma Paúl (62) (2001.07.14 – 2004.04.03)

as of 2020.06.16

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