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

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2014)563,000449,700 (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 - )

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