Apostolic Vicariate of El Petén

Vicariate Apostolic of El Petén

Apostolicus Vicariatus de El Petén
Catedral Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios y San Pablo Itzá
Location
CountryGuatemala
Ecclesiastical provinceExempt directly to the Holy See
Statistics
Area36,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 753,000
  • 560,000 (74.4%)
Parishes17
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established10 March 1951 (74 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios y San Pablo Itzá
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopMario Fiandri, S.D.B.
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The Vicariate Apostolic of El Petén (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus de El Petén) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Petén Department, Guatemala.

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