Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente

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Diocese of San Vicente

Dioecesis Sancti Vincentii
Location
Country El Salvador
Ecclesiastical province Province of San Salvador
Metropolitan José Luis Escobar Alas
Statistics
Area4,993 km2 (1,928 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
508,000
467,779 (92.1%)
Parishes35
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established18 December 1943 (79 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of St. Vincent
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.
Bishops emeritus José Oscar Barahona Castillo
Map
El Salvador - Diocesi di San Vicente.jpg

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.

Contents

Bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Territorial losses

YearTo form
1987 Diocese of Zacatecoluca



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