Óscar Julio Vian Morales


Óscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Guatemala City
Morales in January 2013.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArchbishop of Guatemala City
ProvinceGuatemala
MetropolisGuatemala
Installed4 December 2010
Term ended24 February 2018
PredecessorRodolfo Quezada Toruño
SuccessorGonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.
Other post(s)Archbishop of Los Altos
Orders
Ordination15 August 1976
by Miguel Obando y Bravo
Consecration1 February 1997
by Miguel Obando y Bravo
RankArchbishop
Personal details
Born
Óscar Julio Vian Morales

(1947-10-18)18 October 1947
Died24 February 2018(2018-02-24) (aged 70)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Coat of arms

Óscar Julio Vian Morales S.D.B. (18 October 1947 – 24 February 2018) was archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 October 2010 until his death from cancer. He had previously served as archbishop of Los Altos in Guatemala. He was born in Guatemala City, ordained a priest in 1976, and appointed Vicar Apostolic of El Petén in 1996. He was installed as Archbishop of Los Altos on 17 April 2007.