Continent: Central America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Apostolic Vicariate
Name: El Petén / de El Petén (Latin)
Immediately subject to the Holy See
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Vicar Apostolic (2009.02.10 – ...): | ![]() Titular Bishop of Madarsuma |
Vicars Apostolic of El Petén (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala)
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Fr. Octavio Sassu, O.P.
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Bishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) Discípulo y misionero de Jesús
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Bishop Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M.
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Bishop Jorge Mario Ávila del Águila, C.M. Spiritus Domini unxit me evangelizare pauperibus
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Apostolic Administrators of El Petén (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Jorge Mario Ávila del Águila, C.M. (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. (later Bishop)
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Fr. Aguado Arraux, I.E.M.E.
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Fr. Gennaro Artazcor Lizarrage, I.E.M.E.
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Fr. Gabriel Viñamata Castelsagué, I.E.M.E.
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Bishop Raimundo María Julián Manguán-Martín y Delgado, O.P. |
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)
Patron Saint: Santo Cristo de Petén
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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