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Apostolic Vicariate Of Izabal

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.

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

References

  • "Vicariate Apostolic of Izabal". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-11.