Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel (El Salvador)

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Diocese of San Miguel

Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis
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Catedral-Basílica Reina de la Paz
Location
Country El Salvador
Ecclesiastical province Province of San Salvador
Metropolitan José Luis Escobar Alas
Coordinates 13°28'58.570"N, 88°10'29.100"W
Statistics
Area4,993 km2 (1,928 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2014)
  • 1,253,100
  • 871,500 (69.5%)
Parishes47
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established11 February 1913 (112 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral-Basilica of Queen of Peace
Secular priests 70
Current leadership
Pope Sede vacante
Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca
Map
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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.

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Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishops

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Territorial losses

YearAlong withTo form
1954 Diocese of Santiago de María

References