Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsonate

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Country El Salvador Parishes 26 Rite Latin Rite		Metropolitan José Luis Escobar Alas Denomination Roman Catholic Area 1,225 km²

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)548,000439,000 (80.1%) Ecclesiastical provinces Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsonate (erected 31 May 1986) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Salvador.

Ordinaries

José Carmen Di Pietro Pésolo, S.D.B. (1986 - 1989)

Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (2011 - 2012); Apostolic Administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis"; concurrently Military Ordinary of El Salvador

Constantino Barrera Morales (2012 - present); Bishop-elect; formerly Rector of the Salvadoran National Major Seminary, "San Jose de la Montana"

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