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Apostolic Vicariate of El Petén

Vicariate Apostolic of El Petén
Apostolicus Vicariatus de El Petén
Catedral de Flores, Petén, Guatemala.jpg
Catedral Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios y San Pablo Itzá
Location
Country Guatemala
Statistics
Area 36,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
753,000
560,000 (74.4%)
Parishes 17
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 10 March 1951 (66 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios y San Pablo Itzá
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Mario Fiandri, S.D.B.
Map
Guatemala - Vicariato apostolico di El Petén.png

The Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of El Petén (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus de El Petén) is a pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction in Guatemala's Petén Department.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios y San Pablo Itzá, in Flores, Guatemala.

It was erected 10 March 1951, as the Apostolic Administration of El Petén.

It was elevated to Apostolic Vicariate on 3 February 1984, hence entitled to a titular bishop, but remains exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.



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