Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Agaña

Guam Guam

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Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Agaña / Aganien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Caroline Islands, Chalan Kanoa, Marshall Islands

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santa Marian Kamalen (December 8), Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 20 (1958)

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.07.06 – ...):Archbishop Ryan Pagente Jimenez (52)Archbishop Ryan Pagente Jimenez (52)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Agaña (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ryan Pagente Jimenez (52)Archbishop Ryan Pagente Jimenez (52)
(2024.07.06 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam)
President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific

Volumus Jesum videre

Born:1971.12.18 (Dumaguete, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:2003.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:2016.08.14

Priest of Chalan Kanoa (Northern Mariana Islands) (2003.12.08 – 2016.06.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Chalan Kanoa (Northern Mariana Islands) (2010.12.28 – 2016.06.24)

Bishop of Chalan Kanoa (Northern Mariana Islands) (2016.06.24 – 2024.07.06)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (2023.11 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam) (2024.07.06 – ...)

Bishop Romeo Duetao Convocar (54)Fr. Romeo Duetao Convocar (54) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.03.28 – 2024.07.06)

Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes (66)Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes (66)
(2019.02.07 – 2023.03.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agaña (Guam)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:1958.08.23 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1996.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:2011.05.05

Priest of Detroit (USA) (1996.05.25 – 2011.03.22)

Titular Bishop of Eguga (2011.03.22 – 2016.10.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (2011.03.22 – 2016.10.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Agaña (Guam) (2016.10.31 – 2019.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam) (2019.02.07 – 2023.03.28)

Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai, S.D.B. (74)Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai (韓大輝), S.D.B. (74)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2016.06.06 – 2016.10.31)

Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap. (79)Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap. (79)
(1986.03.10 – 2019.02.07 deposed)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agaña (Guam)

Servus tuus

Born:1945.11.01 (Agaña, Guam)
Ordained Priest:1972.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:1984.02.19

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena (1983.12.08 – 1986.03.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Agaña (Guam) (1983.12.08 – 1986.03.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam) (1986.03.10 – 2019.02.07 deposed)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (1991 – 1996)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (2003.08 – 2010.06)

Archbishop Felixberto Camacho Flores
(1984.03.08 – 1985.10.25)

Born:1921.01.13 (Guam)
Ordained Priest:1949.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:1970.05.17
Died:1985.10.25 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Ston (1970.02.05 – 1971.04.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Agaña (Guam) (1970.02.05 – 1971.04.24)

Bishop of Agaña (Guam) (1971.04.24 – 1984.03.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agaña (Guam) (1984.03.08 – 1985.10.25)

Bishops of Agaña (Roman Rite)

Bishop Felixberto Camacho Flores (later Archbishop)
(1971.04.24 – 1984.03.08)

(see above)

Bishop Felixberto Camacho Flores (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1970.02.05 – 1971.04.24)

Bishop Apollinaris William Baumgartner (アポリナリス・バウムガートナー), O.F.M. Cap.
(1965.10.14 – 1970.12.18)

Born:1899.07.24 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1926.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:1945.09.18
Died:1970.12.18 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Joppe (1945.08.25 – 1965.10.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam) (1945.08.25 – 1965.10.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島 (Japan) (1947 – 1949)

Bishop of Agaña (Guam) (1965.10.14 – 1970.12.18)

Vicars Apostolic of Guam (Roman Rite)

Bishop Apollinaris William Baumgartner (アポリナリス・バウムガートナー), O.F.M. Cap.
(1945.08.25 – 1965.10.14)

(see above)

Bishop León Angel Olano y Urteaga, O.F.M. Cap.
(1934.07.09 – 1945.08.20)

Born:1891.09.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1915.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1935.05.05
Died:1970.05.21 († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam) (1934.07.09 – 1945.08.20)

Titular Bishop of Lagina (1934.07.09 – 1970.05.21)

Bishop Joachin Felipe Oláiz y Zabalza, O.F.M. Cap.
(1914.07.20 – 1933.01.01)

Born:1872.06.06 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1896.01.29
Consecrated Bishop:1914.11.30
Died:1945.12.08 († 73)

Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam) (1914.07.20 – 1933.01.01)

Titular Bishop of Docimium (1914.07.20 – 1945.12.08)

Bishop Agustín José Bernaus y Serra, O.F.M. Cap.
(1913.05.09 – 1913.12.10)

Born:1863.08.16 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1889.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:1913.09.08
Died:1930.01.18 († 66)

Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam) (1913.05.09 – 1913.12.10)

Titular Bishop of Eleutherna (1913.05.09 – 1930.01.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua) (1913.12.10 – 1930.01.18)

Bishop Francisco Xavier Ricardo Vilá y Mateu, O.F.M. Cap.
(1911.08.25 – 1913.01.05)

Born:1851.05.09 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1875.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:1911.10.01
Died:1913.01.05 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Adraha (1911.08.25 – 1913.01.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam) (1911.08.25 – 1913.01.05)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (29)

Caroline Islands (↙), Chalan Kanoa (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 474 km²

Population: 148,275 Catholics (87.7% of 169,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 44 priests (33 diocesan, 11 religious), 18 deacons, 84 religious (20 brothers, 64 sisters), 29 seminarians

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