Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Escuintla | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Escuintlensis |
Country: | Guatemala |
Province: | Province of Guatemala City |
Area Km2: | 4,384 |
Population: | 1,149,000 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Catholics: | 887,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 77.2 |
Parishes: | 17 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 28 July 1994 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Catedral Nuestra Señora de Concepción |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Bishop: | Victor Hugo Palma Paúl |
Map: | Guatemala - Diocesi di Escuintla.png |
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.
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.