Mariano Rossell y Arellano (18 July 1894,

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, Guatemala - 10 December 1964,

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) was a Guatemalan Roman Catholic clergyman. He was the fifteenth

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. He played a decisive role during the rule of colonel

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(1951–1954), accusing it of communism and atheism in sermons and services. After Arbenz's overthrow, he managed to retain the church's right to own property and to run schools, as well as setting up the Jesuit-run Rafael Landivar University and gaining the promotion of the prelature's main church to

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status.

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* 1894 births 1964 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Guatemala Roman Catholic archbishops of Guatemala (1743-2013) {{Guatemala-bio-stub