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Roman Catholic diocese in El Salvador From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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 | (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 (69 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. James the Apostle |
Secular priests | 85 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera |
Map | |
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