Diocese of Zacapa
Diocese of Zacapa | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Guatemala |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Guatemala |
Diocesan bishop | Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus |
founding | 1951 |
surface | 5,066 km² |
Parishes | 23 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Residents | 613,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Catholics | 528,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
proportion of | 86.1% |
Diocesan priest | 22 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Religious priest | 10 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 16,500 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Friars | 16 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 52 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | San Pedro Cathedral |
address | 3a Calle 3-07, Zona 1, 19001 Zacapa, Guatemala; Basilica de Esquipulas, 20007 |
The Diocese of Zacapa ( lat. : Dioecesis Zacapensis ) is in Guatemala situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Zacapa . It includes the departments of Chiquimula and Zacapa .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Diocese of Zacapa on March 10, 1951 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Guatemala . On September 16, 1956, it lost part of its territory to the Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, and on April 30, 1968, it ceded another part to the Izabal Apostolic Administration .
Because of the Bull Qui pro munere John Paul II , it has shared the bishop with the territorial prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas aeque principaliter since June 24, 1986 .
Bishops of Zacapa
- Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda OFM (1955–1980)
- Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1980–2001, then Archbishop of Guatemala)
- José Aníbal Casasola Sosa (2004–2007)
- Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli (2008–2012)
- Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus (since 2016)
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Zacapa - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry for the Diocese of Zacapa on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the diocese of Zacapa on gcatholic.org (English)