Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Diocese of San Miguel Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis
Catedral-Basílica Reina de la Paz
Location
Country	El Salvador
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San Salvador
Metropolitan	José Luis Escobar Alas
Statistics
Area	4,993 km2 (1,928 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2014) 1,253,100 871,500 (69.5%)
Parishes	47
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 February 1913 (108 years ago)
Cathedral
Secular priests	70
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca
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The Diocese of San Miguel (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador. The Diocese of San Miguel was erected on 11 February 1913.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• (1913–1941)
• (1942–1968)
• , O.F.M. (1968–1969)
• , C.M. (1969–1997)
• , O.F.M. (1997–1999), appointed Bishop of Santa Ana
• (2000–2016), appointed Bishop of Santa Ana
• (2017–present)

Coadjutor bishops[]

• , O.F.M. (1965–1968)
• , O.F.M. (1996–1997)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]

• Gregorio Rosa Chávez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador in 1982, cardinal in 2017

Territorial losses[]

References[]

External links[]

• "Diocese of San Miguel". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-16. ^{[self-published]}

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