Vicariate Apostolic of Izabal Apostolicus Vicariatus Izabalensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Guatemala |
Ecclesiastical province | Exempt directly to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,038 km2 (3,490 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 419,000 280,000 (66.8%) |
Parishes | 15 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 30 April 1968 (54 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Domingo Buezo Leiva |
Bishops emeritus | Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez |
Map | |
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.
Its cathedral is Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María, in the see of Puerto Barrios.
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