Recent Events

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Apostolic Nuncio of Burundi, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Guatemala

Fr. Mario Fiandri, S.D.B. was elected Titular Bishop of Madarsuma and Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala)

Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio of Guatemala, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Peru

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Morandini resigned from the office of Apostolic Nuncio of Syria

Fr. Rosolino Bianchetti Boffelli was elected Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) and Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquípulas (Guatemala)

Archbishop Ramiro Moliner Inglés, Apostolic Nuncio of Ethiopia and Apostolic Nuncio of Djibouti and Apostolic Delegate of Somalia and Special Representative of African Union, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Albania

Bishop Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M., Bishop emeritus of Jalapa (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 84

Bishop Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri resigned from the office of President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG)

Bishop Pablo Vizcaíno Prado was appointed as President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG)

Bishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J., Titular Bishop of Rotaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Sololá – Chimaltenango (Guatemala)

Bishop Raúl Antonio Martínez Paredes, Bishop of Sololá – Chimaltenango (Guatemala), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mizigi and Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Bernabé de Jesús Sagastume Lemus, O.F.M. Cap. was elected Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala)

Bishop José Aníbal Casasola Sosa, Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala), Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquípulas (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 57

Archbishop Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras resigned from the office of Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango – Totonicapán (Guatemala)

Bishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Pupiana and Vicar Apostolic of El Petén (Guatemala), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango – Totonicapán (Guatemala)

Bishop Oscar Garcia Urizar, Bishop emeritus of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 84

Bishop Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti, Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 69

Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño resigned from the office of President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG)

Bishop Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri was appointed as President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG)

Archbishop Gennaro Verolino, President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, passed away at the age of 99

Archbishop Próspero Penados del Barrio, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 79

Bishop Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri resigned from the office of President of Secretariado Episcopal de América Central y Panamá (S.E.D.A.C.)

Fr. Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R. was elected Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala)

Fr. Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. was elected Titular Bishop of Rotaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Fr. Gustavo Rodolfo Mendoza Hernández was elected Titular Bishop of Selemselae and Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Bishop Luis María Estrada Paetau, O.P. resigned from the office of Vicar Apostolic of Izabal (Guatemala)

Fr. Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez was elected Titular Bishop of Succuba and Vicar Apostolic of Izabal (Guatemala)

Fr. José Aníbal Casasola Sosa was elected Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) and Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquípulas (Guatemala)

Bishop Fernando Claudio Gamalero González, Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 73

Bishop Victor Hugo Palma Paúl succeeded as Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala)

Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino

Archbishop Giovanni Battista Morandini, Apostolic Nuncio of Korea and Apostolic Nuncio of Mongolia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Syria

Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio of Madagascar and Apostolic Nuncio of Mauritius and Apostolic Nuncio of Seychelles and Apostolic Delegate of Comoro Islands, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Guatemala

Msgr. Paul Richard Gallagher, Permanent Observer of Council of Europe, was elected Apostolic Nuncio of Burundi and Titular Archbishop of Hoddam

Archbishop Ramiro Moliner Inglés, Apostolic Nuncio of Guatemala, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Ethiopia and Apostolic Nuncio of Djibouti and Apostolic Delegate of Somalia and Special Representative of African Union

Bishop Miguel Angel García y Aráuz, Bishop emeritus of Jalapa (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 92

Archbishop Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino

Bishop James Richard Ham, M.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (United States), passed away at the age of 81

Archbishop Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras resigned from the office of President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG)

Archbishop Rodolfo Quezada Toruño was appointed as President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG)

Bishop Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. resigned from the office of Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Bishop Julio Edgar Cabrera Ovalle, Bishop of Quiché (Guatemala), was appointed as Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala)

Fr. Victor Hugo Palma Paúl was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala)

Archbishop Próspero Penados del Barrio resigned from the office of Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Bishop Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) and Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquípulas (Guatemala), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Bishop Gerardo Humberto Flores Reyes resigned from the office of Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala)

Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez succeeded as Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala)

Bishop Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri was appointed as President of Secretariado Episcopal de América Central y Panamá (S.E.D.A.C.)

Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiché was renamed as Diocese of Quiché

Msgr. Paul Richard Gallagher was appointed as Permanent Observer of Council of Europe

Bishop José Julio Aguilar García, Bishop emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), passed away at the age of 76

Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio of Panama, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Madagascar and Apostolic Nuncio of Mauritius and Apostolic Nuncio of Seychelles and Apostolic Delegate of Comoro Islands

Bishop Angélico Melotto Mazzardo, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Sololá (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 88

Fr. Raúl Antonio Martínez Paredes was elected Bishop of Sololá – Chimaltenango (Guatemala)

Archbishop Oriano Quilici, Apostolic Nuncio of Liechtenstein, Apostolic Nuncio of Switzerland, passed away at the age of 68

Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera, Bishop emeritus of Santa Cruz del Quiché (Guatemala), Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 75

Bishop Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. resigned from the office of President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG)

Archbishop Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras was appointed as President of Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG)

Bishop Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Zacapa (Guatemala), Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Santo Cristo de Esquípulas (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 86

Bishop Eduardo Ernesto FuentesRuysschaert Duarte, Bishop of Sololá – Chimaltenango (Guatemala), passed away at the age of 55