Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Zacapa, Diocese of

ZACAPA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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ZACAPA, Diocese of. - City and diocese of Guatemala that comprises the civil provinces of Z., Chiquimula and Izabal.

It has an area of 14,044 sq km with a population of 237,561 inhabitants, of whom 234,363 are Catholics; it has 7 parishes served by 2 diocesan priests and 8 regulars and has a Seminary (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 460).

The diocese of Z. was erected by Pope Pius XII with the apostolic constitution Omnium in catholico of 10 March 1951 as a suffragan of Guatemala, and by elevating the church dedicated to the prince of the Apostles St. Peter to the rank and dignity of cathedral.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 48 (1951), pp. 537-41.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1753.

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Josi, Enrico. “Zacapa, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1753. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/zacapa-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Zacapa, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1753. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/zacapa-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Zacapa, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1753},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
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