Apostolic Vicariate of El Petén, Guatemala

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

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo Cristo de Petén

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1951.03.10: Established as Apostolic Administration of El Petén / de El Petén (Latin) (from Diocese of Vera Paz)
1984.02.03: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of El Petén / de El Petén (Latin)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2009.02.10 – ...):

Bishop Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. (77)

Titular Bishop of Madarsuma

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of El Petén (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. (77)
(2009.02.10 – ...)

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

Born:	1947.12.08 (Arborea, OR, 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)