Diocese of San Vicente
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| Country | El Salvador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Salvador |
| Diocesan bishop | José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez OFM |
| founding | December 18, 1943 |
| surface | 2,056 km² |
| Parishes | 36 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 525,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 468,789 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 89.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 67 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,997 |
| Religious sisters | 154 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Vicente |
| Co-cathedral | Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar |
| Website | www.iglesia.org.sv |
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The Diocese of San Vicente ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti vincentii , Spanish diócesis de San Vicente ) is in El Salvador situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Ciudad San Vicente . It includes the department of San Vicente .
history
The diocese of San Vicente was on December 18, 1943 by Pope Pius XII. from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of San Salvador , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan . On May 5, 1987 it lost part of the territory to the diocese of Zacatecoluca .
Bishops of San Vicente
| Term of office | Surname | other offices |
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| November 27, 1948 - June 6, 1983 | Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla SDS | |
| June 6, 1983 - June 4, 2005 | José Oscar Barahona Castillo | |
| June 4, 2005 - December 27, 2008 | José Luis Escobar Alas | then Archbishop of San Salvador |
| since December 12, 2009 | José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez OFM |
See also
Web links
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