Assassinated Catholic priests in Guatemala

List of assassinated and forcibly disappeared Roman Catholic priests working in Guatemala.

Name  | Nationality  | Parish  | Date killed  | Notes

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William Woods, MM | American | Maryknoll mission Ixcán | 20 November 1976  | Included in death list of the Guatemalan military. Killed in plane crash under suspicious circumstances.[1]
Eufemio Hermógenes López Coarchita | Guatemalan | Parish priest of San José Pinula | 30 June 1978  | Assassinated[2][3]
Conrado de la Cruz Concepción | Filipino | Parish priest of Tiquisate | 1 May 1980  | Abducted and disappeared[3][4]
Walter Voordeckers, CICM | Belgian | Parish priest of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa | 12 May 1980  | Assassinated[3][4][5]
José María Gran Cirera, MSC | Spanish | Parish priest of Chajul | 4 June 1980  | Assassinated[6][7][8][9]
Faustino Villanueva Villanueva, MSC | Spanish | Parish priest of Joyabaj | 10 July 1980  | Assassinated[7][8][9][10][11]
Juan Alonso Fernández, MSC | Spanish | Parish priest of Uspantán | 15 February 1981  | Assassinated[6][7][8][9][11]
Carlos Gálvez Galindo | Guatemalan | Parish priest of Tecpán | 14 May 1981  | Assassinated[3][12]
Tullio Marcello Maruzzo, OFM | Italian | Diocesan priest of Izabal | 1 July 1981  | Assassinated[13][14][15][16]
Stanley Francis Rother | American | Parish priest of Santiago Atitlán | 28 July 1981  | Assassinated[17][18][19][16][20][11]
Carlos Pérez Alonso, SJ | Spanish | Hospital chaplain  | 2 August 1981  | Abducted and disappeared[6][8][9]
Carlos Ramiro Morales López, OP | Guatemalan | Parish priest of Rabinal | 21 January 1982  | Assassinated[3][6]
James Alfred Miller, FSC | American | Teacher in Huehuetenango | 13 February 1982  | Assassinated[21]
Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio, OFM | Guatemalan | Parish priest of Antigua Guatemala | 7 November 1983  | Abducted and assassinated.[3][6][22][23]

## References

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1. ^ Edward T. and Donna Whitson Brett, The Bill Woods Story: Maryknoll Missionary in Guatemala. Maryknoll.
2. ^ Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) (1999). "Caso ilustrativo No. 101. Ejecución arbitraria del Padre Eufemio Hermógenes López Coarchita". Guatemala: Memoria del silencio (First ed.). Guatemala. ISBN 99922-54-00-9.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. ^ a b c d e f ODHAG. "Testigos de la fe por la paz Vidas ejemplares de la Iglesia Católica de Guatemala" (PDF). Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala (ODHAG). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
4. ^ a b Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) (1999). "Caso ilustrativo no. 56. Ejecución del sacerdote Walter Voordeckers". Guatemala: Memoria del silencio (First ed.). Guatemala. ISBN 99922-54-00-9.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. ^ Ginger Thompson (November 21, 2005). "Mildewed Police Files May Hold Clues to Atrocities in Guatemala". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
6. ^ a b c d e Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) (1999). "La ruptura del tejido social". Guatemala: Memoria del silencio (First ed.). Guatemala. ISBN 99922-54-00-9.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
7. ^ a b c Harbour, Berna G. (29 March 2000). "Testimonios españoles de una tragedia". El País.
8. ^ a b c d Pedraz, D. Santiago (22 November 2006). "Auto de extradicción, Juzgado Central de Instrucción Número uno de la Audiencia Nacional. Madrid" (PDF). Administración de Justicia, Madrid. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
9. ^ a b c d "QUERELLA DE RIGOBERTA MENCHU ANTE LA AUDIENCIA NACIONAL" (in Spanish). lasnoticiasmexico.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
10. ^ Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) (1999). "Caso ilustrativo No. 79 - La masacre en la embajada de España". Guatemala: Memoria del silencio (First ed.). Guatemala. ISBN 99922-54-00-9.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
11. ^ a b c "Los sacerdotes, testigos de la fe, en Guatemala" (in Spanish). iglesiacatolica.org. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
12. ^ "Priests Shot To Death". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. May 21, 1981. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
13. ^ Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) (1999). "Las ejecuciones arbitrarias". Guatemala: Memoria del silencio (First ed.). Guatemala. ISBN 99922-54-00-9.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
14. ^ Frati Minori del Veneto e Friuli. "Padre Tullio Maruzzo, martire in Centro America". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
15. ^ Ufficio Diocesano per la Pastorale Missionaria - Vicenza. "Padre Tullio Marcello Maruzzo dei frati minori" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
16. ^ a b "Report On The Situation of Human Rights In The Republic Of Guatemala". Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 13 October 1981. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
17. ^ Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) (1999). "Caso ilustrativo no. 12. Persecución de Católicos en Santiago Atitlán". Guatemala: Memoria del silencio (First ed.). Guatemala. ISBN 99922-54-00-9.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
18. ^ "Guatemala: Requiem for a Missionary". Time. August 10, 1981. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
19. ^ "Sainthood proposed for slain priest". Chicago Tribune. September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
20. ^ "AROUND THE WORLD; 3 Seized in Guatemala In Slaying of U.S. Priest". The New York Times. August 5, 1981. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
21. ^ "Br. Santiago Miller". De La Salle Brothers. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
22. ^ Ana J. Morales Ramírez. 2005. Semblanza del "Mártir de la Caridad" Fray Augusto Ramírez Monasterio. Guatemala: Provincia Franciscana “Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Centroamérica y Panamá”.
23. ^ Gygax, Eduard (20 November 2007). "Aceptan abrir proceso para beatificar a guatemalteco". El Periódico. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.