The Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal is a

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ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the

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in eastern

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Izabal Department Izabal () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. Its coastal areas form part of the homeland of the Garifuna people. Izabal is bordered to the north by Belize, to the north east by the Gulf of Honduras, and to the east by Honduras, and by th ...

. It is exempt directly to the

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and not part of any

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. Its

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is ''Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María'', in the see of

Puerto Barrios Puerto Barrios () is a city in Guatemala, located within the Gulf of Honduras. The city is located on Bahia de Amatique. Puerto Barrios is the departmental seat of Izabal department and is the administrative seat of Puerto Barrios municipality. ...

History

It was erected 30 April 1968, as the "

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of Izabal", on territory split off from the Diocese of Zacapa. It was elevated as an apostolic vicariate on 12 March 1988.

Episcopal ordinaries

;''Apostolic Administrators of Izabal'' *

Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes Geraldo Humberto Flores Reyes (9 December 1925 – 17 February 2022) was a Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate. Flores Reyes was born in Guatemala and was ordained to the priesthood in 1949. He served as titular bishop of ''Nova Caesaris'' and as au ...

(1969.05.09 – 1977.10.07), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala) (1966.07.26 – 1969.05.09),

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of Nova Cæsaris (1966.07.26 – 1977.10.07); later Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1977.10.07 – 2001.02.22), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1992–1994) * Luis María Estrada Paetau,

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(O.P.) (1977.10.27 – 1988.03.12 ''see below'') ;''Apostolic Vicars of Izabal'' * Luis María Estrada Paetau,

(O.P.) (''see above'' 1977.10.27 – 1988.03.12), Titular Bishop of Regiæ (1977.10.27 – 2011.03.25); previously Apostolic Administrator of

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(Guatemala) (1970.11.30 – emeritate 1977.10.27) * Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez (2004.05.21 – 2011.07.26 resignation), Titular Bishop of

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(2004.05.21 – ...) *''

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Mario Enrique Ríos Montt Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M. (born March 17, 1932 in Huehuetenango, Guatemala) is an emeritus auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala, public figure and human rights activist. He is the brother of the late former general ...

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(C.M.) (2011.07.26 – 2013.02.09), Titular Bishop of Tiguala (1974.07.13 – ...), previously Bishop-Prelate of the then

Territorial Prelature of Escuintla The Diocese of Escuintla 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 metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala. The Diocese of Escuintl ...

(Guatemala) (1974.07.13 – 1984.03.03) & Auxiliary Bishop of

(Guatemala) (1987.01.24 – 2010.10.02) * Domingo Buezo Leiva (2013.02.09 – ...), also Secretary General of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (2012.03? – ...), Titular Bishop of Dardanus (2013.02.09 – ...)

References

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Apostolic vicariates Roman Catholic dioceses in Guatemala Christian organizations established in 1968 1968 establishments in North America Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{RC-diocese-stub