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Apostolic Vicariate of

El Petén

Guatemala Guatemala

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate

Name: El Petén / de El Petén (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

San Cristóbal de las Casas (←), Belize City–Belmopan (→), Vera Paz (↓)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2009.02.10 – ...):Bishop Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. (75)Bishop Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. (75)

Titular Bishop of Madarsuma

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of El Petén (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. (75)Bishop Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. (75)
(2009.02.10 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala)
Titular Bishop of Madarsuma

Born:1947.12.08 (Arborea, OR, Sardegna, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1974.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:2009.03.21

Titular Bishop of Madarsuma (2009.02.10 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala) (2009.02.10 – ...)

Fr. Octavio Sassu, O.P.
(2007 – 2009.02.10)

Born: (Italy)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala) (2007 – 2009.02.10)

Bishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1996.11.30 – 2007.04.19)

Discípulo y misionero de Jesús

Born:1947.10.18 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1976.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1997.02.01
Died:2018.02.24 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala † 70)

Titular Bishop of Pupiana (1996.11.30 – 2007.04.19)

Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala) (1996.11.30 – 2007.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala) (2007.04.19 – 2010.10.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (2010.10.02 – 2013.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala) (2013.04.25 – 2018.02.24)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2017.01.20 – 2018.02.24)

Bishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M.
(1987.05.15 – 1996.09.28)

Born:1932.10.16 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1958.08.13
Consecrated Bishop:1987.06.27
Died:2019.04.13 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala † 86)

Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum (1987.05.15 – 1996.09.28)

Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala) (1987.05.15 – 1996.09.28)

Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) (1996.09.28 – 2012.05.14)

Bishop Jorge Mario Ávila del Águila, C.M.
(1984.02.03 – 1987.01.29)

Spiritus Domini unxit me evangelizare pauperibus

Born:1924.04.19 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1948.11.07
Consecrated Bishop:1983.01.15
Died:2008.05.03 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala † 84)

Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala) (1978.02.03 – 1984.02.03)

Titular Bishop of Nasai (1982.12.03 – 1987.01.29)

Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala) (1984.02.03 – 1987.01.29)

Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala) (1987.01.29 – 2001.12.05)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1988 – 1992)

President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1994 – 1998)

Apostolic Administrators of El Petén (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Mario Ávila del Águila, C.M.
(1978.02.03 – 1984.02.03)

(see above)

Fr. Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. (later Bishop)
(1970.11.30 – 1977.10.27)

Born:1935.05.26 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:1961.03.26
Consecrated Bishop:1977.12.12
Died:2011.03.25 (Izabal, Guatemala † 75)

Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala) (1970.11.30 – 1977.10.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Izabal (Guatemala) (1977.10.27 – 1988.03.12)

Titular Bishop of Regiæ (1977.10.27 – 2011.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Izabal (Guatemala) (1988.03.12 – 2004.05.21)

Fr. Aguado Arraux, I.E.M.E.
(1969 – 1970)

Died:1970

Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala) (1969 – 1970)

Fr. Gennaro Artazcor Lizarrage, I.E.M.E.
(1964.01.04 – 1969)

Died:1969

Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala) (1964.01.04 – 1969)

Fr. Gabriel Viñamata Castelsagué, I.E.M.E.
(1956.07.11 – 1964)

Died:1964

Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala) (1956.07.11 – 1964)

Bishop Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P.
(Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis 1951.03.10 – 1956)

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Statistics

Area: 36,000 km²

Population: 957,103 Catholics (98.3% of 973,300 total) (2020)

Statistics: 18 parishes, 30 priests (9 diocesan, 21 religious), 72 lay religious (22 brothers, 50 sisters), 4 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo Cristo de Petén

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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