Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal

Vicariate Apostolic of Izabal

*Apostolicus Vicariatus Izabalensis*
Vicariate Apostolic of Izabal; Apostolicus Vicariatus Izabalensis
Location
Country	Guatemala
Statistics
Area	9,038 km2 (3,490 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 419,000; 280,000 (66.8%)
Parishes	15
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	30 April 1968 (56 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Domingo Buezo Leiva
Bishops emeritus	Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez
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The Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal is a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in eastern Guatemala's Izabal Department.

It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María, in Puerto Barrios.

History

It was erected 30 April 1968, as the Apostolic Administration of Izabal', on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacapa. It was elevated on 12 March 1988.

Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes (1969.05.09 – 1977.10.07), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala) (1966.07.26 – 1969.05.09), Titular Bishop 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, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1977.10.27 – 1988.03.12 see below)

Luis María Estrada Paetau, Dominican Order (O.P.) (see above 1977.10.27 – 1988.03.12), Titular Bishop of Regiæ (1977.10.27 – 2011.03.25); previously Apostolic Administrator of El Petén (Guatemala) (1970.11.30 – emeritate 1977.10.27)
Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez (2004.05.21 – 2011.07.26 resignation), Titular Bishop of Succuba (2004.05.21 – ...)
Apostolic administrator Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, Lazarists (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 (Guatemala) (1974.07.13 – 1984.03.03) & Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (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 – ...)