Diocese of

Jalapa

Guatemala

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 3,985 km²

Population: 417,865 Catholics (85.0% of 491,606 total) (2017)

Statistics: 20 parishes, 1 mission, 31 priests (27 diocesan, 4 religious), 1 deacon, 81 lay religious (4 brothers, 77 sisters), 30 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago de Guatemala

Neighbouring Dioceses: Santa Rosa de Lima (↙), Santiago de Guatemala (←), Vera Paz (↖), Zacapa (→), San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Santa Cruz

Websites:

History

1951.03.10: Established as Diocese of Jalapa / Jalapa en Guatemala / Ialapen(sis) in Guatimala (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala)
2016.01.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Expectación, Jalapa, Jalapa
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Santa Rosa de Lima (↙), Santiago de Guatemala (←), Vera Paz (↖), Zacapa (→), San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.12.05 – ...):

Bishop Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle (80)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jalapa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle (80)
(2001.12.05 – ...)

Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Consuela a mi pueblo / Ay de mí si no evangelizo

Born:	1939.08.22 (Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.01.06

Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala) (1986.10.31 – 2001.12.05)

Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala) (2001.12.05 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Mario Ávila del Águila, C.M.
(1987.01.29 – 2001.12.05)

Spiritus Domini unxit me evangelizare pauperibus

Born:	1924.04.19 (Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1948.11.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.01.15
Died:	2008.05.03 († 84)

Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala) (1978.02.03 – 1984.02.03)

Titular Bishop of Nasai (1982.12.03 – 1987.01.29)

Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala) (1984.02.03 – 1987.01.29)

Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala) (1987.01.29 – 2001.12.05)

Secretary General of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1988 – 1992)

President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1994 – 1998)

Bishop Miguel Ángel García y Aráuz
(1951.04.11 – 1987.01.29)

Spes mea in Deo est

Born:	1911.10.08 (Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1939.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.09.03
Died:	2003.12.28 († 92)

Titular Bishop of Sophene (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1951 – 1955.11.30)

Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala) (1951.04.11 – 1987.01.29)

as of 2020.01.02

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