Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente

Diocese of San Vicente Dioecesis Sancti Vincentii
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 2010) 508,000 467,779 (92.1%)
Parishes	35
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 December 1943 (78 years ago)
Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.
Bishops emeritus	José Oscar Barahona Castillo
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The Diocese of San Vicente (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Vincentii) 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 Vicente was erected on 18 December 1943.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• , S.D.B. (1948–1983)
• José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1983–2005)
• José Luis Escobar Alas (2005–2008), appointed Archbishop of San Salvador
• José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (since 2009)

Auxiliary bishops[]

• José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1982–1983), appointed bishop here
• José Luis Escobar Alas (2002–2005), appointed bishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

• , appointed Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador in 2008
• , appointed Bishop of Sonsonate in 2012

Territorial losses[]

External links and references[]

• "Diocese of San Vicente". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-16.

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