Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal

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Vicariate Apostolic of Izabal

Apostolicus Vicariatus Izabalensis
Location
Country Guatemala
Ecclesiastical province Exempt directly to the Holy See
Statistics
Area9,038 km2 (3,490 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
419,000
280,000 (66.8%)
Parishes15
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established30 April 1968 (54 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Inmaculada Concepción de María
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Domingo Buezo Leiva
Bishops emeritus Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez
Map
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The Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in eastern Guatemala's Izabal Department. It is exempt directly to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province.

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

History

It was erected 30 April 1968, as the "Apostolic Administration of Izabal", on territory split off from the Diocese of Zacapa. It was elevated as an apostolic vicariate on 12 March 1988.

Episcopal ordinaries

Apostolic Administrators of Izabal
Apostolic Vicars of Izabal

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