List of assassinated and forcibly disappeared Roman Catholic priests working in Guatemala.
Name Nationality Parish Date killed NotesWilliam Woods, MMAmericanMaryknoll mission Ixcán20 November 1976Included in death list of the Guatemalan military. Killed in plane crash under suspicious circumstances.Edward T. and Donna Whitson Brett, The Bill Woods Story: Maryknoll Missionary in Guatemala. Maryknoll.Eufemio Hermógenes López CoarchitaGuatemalanParish priest of San José Pinula30 June 1978AssassinatedConrado de la Cruz ConcepciónFilipinoParish priest of Tiquisate1 May 1980Abducted and disappearedWalter Voordeckers, CICMBelgianParish priest of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa12 May 1980AssassinatedJosé María Gran Cirera, MSCSpanishParish priest of Chajul4 June 1980AssassinatedFaustino Villanueva Villanueva, MSCSpanishParish priest of Joyabaj10 July 1980AssassinatedJuan Alonso Fernández, MSCSpanishParish priest of Uspantán15 February 1981AssassinatedCarlos Gálvez GalindoGuatemalanParish priest of Tecpán14 May 1981AssassinatedTullio Marcello Maruzzo, OFMItalianDiocesan priest of Izabal1 July 1981Assassinated Stanley Francis RotherAmericanParish priest of Santiago Atitlán28 July 1981AssassinatedCarlos Pérez Alonso, SJSpanishHospital chaplain2 August 1981Abducted and disappearedCarlos Ramiro Morales López, OPGuatemalanParish priest of Rabinal21 January 1982AssassinatedJames Alfred Miller, FSCAmericanTeacher in Huehuetenango13 February 1982AssassinatedAugusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio, OFMGuatemalanParish priest of Antigua Guatemala7 November 1983Abducted and assassinated.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”.
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