Diocese of San Miguel Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis | |
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Location | |
Country | El Salvador |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Salvador |
Metropolitan | José Luis Escobar Alas |
Coordinates | 13°28'58.570"N, 88°10'29.100"W |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,993 km2 (1,928 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 1,253,100 871,500 (69.5%) |
Parishes | 47 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 February 1913 (111 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral-Basilica of Queen of Peace |
Secular priests | 70 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca |
Map | |
The Diocese of San Miguel (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis) 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 Miguel was erected on 11 February 1913.