Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas
Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas Dioecesis Zacapensis y de Esquipulas | |
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 Basílica del Cristo Negro de Esquipulas | |
| Location | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Guatemala City |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,598 km2 (2,161 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 23 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 10 March 1951 (74 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral San Pedro |
| Co-cathedral | Basílica del Cristo Negro de Esquipulas |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Angel Antonio Recinos Lemus |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacapa (y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Guatemala.
Its cathedral episcopal see is catedral San Pedro (dedicated to saint Peter), in Zacapa. It also had a virtual Co-cathedral, Basílica del Cristo Negro de Esquipulas, which is officially still the cathedral of the Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas.
History
[edit]It was erected 10 March 1951, as the Diocese of Zacapa, on territory split off from the Archdiocese of Guatemala (still its Metropolitan].[1]
On 16 September 1956, it lost territory to establish the Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, and again on 30 April 1968 to establish the then Apostolic Administration of Izabal.[2]
It was (re)united aeque principaliter (in permanent personal union) with the Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas on 24 June 1986 and since assumed the name Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas.
It enjoyed a papal visit from Pope John Paul II in February 1996.
Bishops
[edit]Episcopal ordinaries
[edit]- Apostolic Administrator Miguel Ángel García y Aráuz (1951 – 1955.11.30), while first Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala) (1951.04.11 – 1987.01.29); previously Titular Bishop of Sophene (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11) & Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Guatemala (1944.05.16 – 1951.04.11)
- Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1955.11.30 – 1980.02.16)
- Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1980.02.16 – 2001.06.19), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Zacapa (1975.09.11 – 1980.02.16); also Bishop-Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (1986.06.24 – 2001.06.19), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1988–1992); previously Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala (1972.04.05 – 1975.09.11) & Auxiliary Bishop of Zacapa (1972.04.05 – 1975.09.11); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (2001.06.19 – 2010.10.02), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2002–2006), Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino (2003.10.21 [2004.03.13] – 2012.06.04)
- José Aníbal Casasola Sosa (2004.05.13 – 2007.04.27), also Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (2004.05.13 – 2007.04.27)
- Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli (2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14), also Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (2008.11.20 – 2012.09.14); later Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala) (2012.09.14 – ...)
- Vacant see (sede vacante): 2012–2016
- Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus (2016.02.22 – present); until then Subcoordinator of COPADENA for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalapa and Pastor of the "Nuestra Señora de Lourdes" (Our Lady of Lourdes) Parish, in El Progreso Achuapa, Jutiapa[3][4]
Coadjutor bishop
[edit]- Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1975-1980); future Cardinal
Auxiliary bishop
[edit]- Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1972-1975), appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit]- Domingo Buezo Leiva, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Izabal in 2013
External links and references
[edit]- "Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
Sources and external links
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References
[edit]- ^ (en latín) Bula Omnium in catholico, AAS 43 (1951), p. 357.
- ^ (en latín) Bula Cum Christus, AAS 49 (1957), p. 331.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine".
- ^ "Web Translator".
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