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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa

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Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa
Location
CountryGuatemala
Ecclesiastical provinceSantiago de Guatemala
Information
Formation25 January 2016
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAntonio Calderón Cruz
Metropolitan ArchbishopGonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.

The Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa 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 Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala. The diocese's name refers to Francis of Assisi.

Its cathedral is the Catedral San Cristóbal in the episcopal see of Jutiapa, southwestern Guatemala.

History

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Established on 25 January 2016 as the Diocese of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa on territory split off from the Diocese of Jalapa.

Episcopal ordinaries

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Bishops of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa
  • Bishop Antonio Calderón Cruz (2016.01.25 – ...)

References

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