Diocese of Zacatecoluca Dioecesis Zacatecolucana | |
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Location | |
Country | El Salvador |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Salvador |
Metropolitan | José Luis Escobar Alas |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,536 km2 (593 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 336,000 283,000 (84.2%) |
Parishes | 32 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5 May 1987 (35 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Pobres |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B. |
Map | |
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