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Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de María

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Metropolitan
  
José Luis Escobar Alas

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
2,866 km²

Secular priests
  
85

Parishes
  
40

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Country
  
El Salvador

Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de María

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2014) 563,000 449,700 (79.9%)

Established
  
2 December 1954 (62 years ago)

Bishop
  
William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de María (erected 2 December 1954) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Salvador.

Ordinaries

  • Francisco José Castro y Ramírez (1956 - 1974)
  • Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez (1974 - 1977)
  • Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. (1977 - 1983)
  • Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar (1983 - 2016)
  • William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera (2016 - )
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de María Wikipedia