Assassinated Catholic priests in Guatemala


List of assassinated and forcibly disappeared Roman Catholic priests working in Guatemala.
NameNationalityParishDate killedNotes
William Woods, MMAmericanMaryknoll mission Ixcán20 November 1976Included in death list of the Guatemalan military. Killed in plane crash under suspicious circumstances.
Eufemio Hermógenes López CoarchitaGuatemalanParish priest of San José Pinula30 June 1978Assassinated
Conrado de la Cruz ConcepciónFilipinoParish priest of Tiquisate1 May 1980Abducted and disappeared
Walter Voordeckers, CICMBelgianParish priest of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa12 May 1980Assassinated
José María Gran Cirera, MSCSpanishParish priest of Chajul4 June 1980Assassinated
Faustino Villanueva Villanueva, MSCSpanishParish priest of Joyabaj10 July 1980Assassinated
Juan Alonso Fernández, MSCSpanishParish priest of Uspantán13 February 1981Assassinated
Carlos Gálvez GalindoGuatemalanParish priest of Tecpán14 May 1981Assassinated
Tullio Marcello Maruzzo, OFMItalianDiocesan priest of Izabal1 July 1981Assassinated
Stanley Francis RotherAmericanParish priest of Santiago Atitlán28 July 1981Assassinated
Carlos Pérez Alonso, SJSpanishHospital chaplain2 August 1981Abducted and disappeared
Carlos Ramiro Morales López, OPGuatemalanParish priest of Rabinal21 January 1982Assassinated
Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio, OFMGuatemalanParish priest of Antigua Guatemala7 November 1983Abducted and assassinated.