Apostolic Vicariate of El Petén
The Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of 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.History
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.Ordinaries
; Apostolic Administrators of El Petén
; Apostolic Vicars of El Petén
- Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M., Titular Bishop of Nasai ; later Bishop of Jalapa , Secretary General of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama, President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala
- Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M., Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum, later Bishop of Huehuetenango
- Oscar Julio Vian Morales, Salesians of Don Bosco , Titular Bishop of Pupiana, later Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán , Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala, restyled Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
- Pro-Vicar Apostolic Octavio Sassu, O.P.
- Mario Fiandri, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Madarsuma
