Diocese of San Miguel (El Salvador)
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| Country | El Salvador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Salvador |
| Diocesan bishop | Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca |
| founding | 1913 |
| surface | 4,993 km² |
| Parishes | 47 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 1.253.100 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 871,500 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 69.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 63 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,450 |
| Friars | 12 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 82 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral-Basílica Reina de la Paz |
| Website | diocesisdesanmiguel.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis , Spanish diócesis de San Miguel ) is in El Salvador situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Miguel . It includes the departments of La Unión , Morazán and a large part of the department of San Miguel .
history
Pope Pius X founded it on February 11, 1913 from cession of territory from the Archdiocese of San Salvador , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
It lost part of its territory on December 2, 1954 to the diocese of Santiago de María .
Bishops of San Miguel
- Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo (August 1, 1913 - July 3, 1941)
- Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar (September 25, 1942 - January 10, 1968)
- Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano OFM (January 10, 1968 - June 27, 1969)
- José Eduardo Álvarez Ramírez CM (December 9, 1969 - April 10, 1997)
- Romeo Tovar Astorga OFM (April 10, 1997 - May 12, 1999, then Bishop of Santa Ana )
- Miguel Ángel Morán Aquino (July 19, 2000 - February 9, 2016, then Bishop of Santa Ana)
- Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (since December 7, 2017)
Web links
Reina de la Paz ( Queen of Peace ) Cathedral in San Miguel