Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de María
Diocese of Santiago de María Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Maria | |
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| Location | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Salvador |
| Metropolitan | José Luis Escobar Alas |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,866 km2 (1,107 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2014) 563,000 449,700 (79.9%) |
| Parishes | 40 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2 December 1954 (67 years ago) |
| Cathedral | |
| Secular priests | 85 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | |
| Map | |
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The Diocese of Santiago de María 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 Santiago de María was erected on 2 December 1954.
Ordinaries[]
- (1956–1974)
- Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez (1974–1977), appointed Archbishop of San Salvador
- Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. (1977–1983), appointed Archbishop of San Salvador
- (1983–2016)
- (2016– )
References[]
External links[]
- "Diocese of Santiago de María". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-16. [self-published]
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