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Diocese of Jalapa in Guatemala

*Dioecesis Ialapensis in Guatimala*
Diocese of Jalapa in Guatemala; Dioecesis Ialapensis in Guatimala
	Nuestra Señora de la Expectación cathedral
Location
Country	Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Guatemala City
Statistics
Area	7,204 km2 (2,781 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 827,958; 678,926 (82%)
Parishes	33
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 March 1951 (73 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Hope
Patron saint	Santa Cruz
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda
Bishops emeritus	Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle
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Its Marian cathedral is Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Expectación in the episcopal see of Jalapa. The diocesan patron is Santa Cruz (the Holy Cross).

It was erected on 10 March 1951, on territory split off from the Archdiocese of Guatemala, which remains its metropolitan.

On 25 January 2016 it lost territory to erect the Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa as fellow suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guatemala.

Miguel Angel García y Aráuz (1951.04.11 – retired 1987.01.29), previously Titular Bishop of Sophene (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11) & Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11); also Apostolic Administrator of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1951 – 1955.11.30)
Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, Lazarists (C.M.) (1987.01.29 – retired 2001.12.05), previously Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala) (1978.02.03 – 1984.02.03), Titular Bishop of Nasai (1982.12.03 – 1987.01.29), Apostolic Vicar of El Petén (Guatemala) (1984.02.03 – 1987.01.29)
Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle (5 December 2001 – 30 March 2020),^[1] previously Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala) (1986.10.31 – 2001.12.05)
José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda (30 March 2020^[1] – present)

Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Izabal in 2004
Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus. appointed Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas in 2016

^ ^a ^b "Resignations and Appointments, 30.03.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

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 The '''Diocese of Jalapa''' is a [[Latin Church]] ecclesiastical territory or [[diocese]] of the [[Catholic Church]] in southeastern [[Guatemala]]. It is a [[suffragan diocese]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of the [[metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala|Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala]].
-Its [[Marian|Catholic Marian church buildings]] [[cathedral]] is ''Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Expectación'' in the [[episcopal see]] of [[Jalapa]]. The diocesan [[patron saint|patron]] is ''Santa Cruz'' (the [[Christian cross|Holy Cross]]).
+Its [[Catholic Marian church buildings|Marian]] [[cathedral]] is ''Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Expectación'' in the [[episcopal see]] of [[Jalapa]]. The diocesan [[patron saint|patron]] is ''Santa Cruz'' (the [[Christian cross|Holy Cross]]).
 == History ==