The Vicariate Apostolic of El Petén () is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical jurisdiction or
apostolic vicariate
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of the
Catholic Church
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in
Petén Department
Petén (from the Itza' language, Itz'a, , 'Great Island') is a Departments of Guatemala, department of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest by area at it accounts for about one third o ...
,
Guatemala
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.
Its
cathedral
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is the ''Catedral Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios y San Pablo Itzá'', in
see of
Flores, Guatemala.
History
It was erected 10 March 1951, as the
apostolic administration
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of El Petén.
It was elevated to
apostolic vicariate
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on 3 February 1984, hence entitled to a
titular bishop
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, but remains directly
exempt to the Holy See, not part of any
ecclesiastical province
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.
Ordinaries
; Apostolic Administrators of El Petén
*
Raymundo Julian Martín,
Dominican Order
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(O.P.) Apostolic Administrator ''ad nutum Sanctae Sedis'' (1951.03.10 – 1956), while Bishop of
Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1945.11.14 – 1966.05.28)
*
Gabriel Viñamata Castelsagué,
Saint Francis Xavier Spanish Institute for Foreign Missions (I.E.M.E.) (1956.07.11 – death 1964)
*
Gennaro Artazcor Lizarrage, I.E.M.E. (1964.01.04 – death 1969)
*
Aguado Arraux, I.E.M.E. (1969 – death 1970)
*
Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. (1970.11.30 – 1977.10.27), later Apostolic Administrator of
Izabal (Guatemala) (1977.10.27 – 1988.03.12) &
Titular Bishop
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of
Regiæ
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History
The city was important enough in the Roman ...
(1977.10.27 – 2011.03.25),
Apostolic Vicar
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of above Izabal (1988.03.12 – 2004.05.21)
*
Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila,
Lazarists
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(C.M.) (1987.01.29 – 2001.12.05 ''see below'')
; Apostolic Vicars of El Petén
*
Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. (''see above'' 1984.02.03 – 1987.01.29),
Titular Bishop
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of
Nasai
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(1982.12.03 – 1987.01.29); later Bishop of
Jalapa (Guatemala) (1987.01.29 – 2001.12.05), Secretary General of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1988–1992), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1994–1998)
*
Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. (1987.05.15 – 1996.09.28), Titular Bishop of
Lari Castellum
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(1987.05.15 – 1996.09.28), later Bishop of
Huehuetenango
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(Guatemala) (1996.09.28 – 2012.05.14)
*
Oscar Julio Vian Morales,
Salesians of Don Bosco
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(S.D.B.) (1996.11.30 – 2007.04.19), Titular Bishop of
Pupiana (1996.11.30 – 2007.04.19), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala) (2007.04.19 – 2010.10.02), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Guatemala
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(2010.10.02 – 2013.04.25), restyled Metropolitan Archbishop of
Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala) (2013.04.25 – ...)
*
Pro-Vicar Apostolic Octavio Sassu, O.P. (2007 – 2009.02.10)
*
Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. (2009.02.10 – ...), Titular Bishop of
Madarsuma (2009.02.10 – ...)
References
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External links
GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
Apostolic vicariates
Roman Catholic dioceses in Guatemala
Christian organizations established in 1951
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1951 establishments in Guatemala
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