Diocese of Santa Ana
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| Country | El Salvador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Salvador |
| Diocesan bishop | Miguel Ángel Morán Aquino (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Romeo Tovar Astorga OFM |
| founding | 1913 |
| surface | 3,463 km² |
| Parishes | 58 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,533,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 985,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 64.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 94 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 19 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,717 |
| Friars | 48 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 56 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Ana ( Latin Dioecesis Sanctae Annae , Spanish diócesis de Santa Ana ) is an in El Salvador situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Santa Ana . It includes the departments of Santa Ana and Ahuachapán .
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 May 31, 1986 to the Sonsonate diocese .
Bishops of Santa Ana
- Giacomo Richardo Vilanova y Meléndez (July 3, 1914 - January 17, 1953)
- Benjamin Barrera y Reyes MI (March 1, 1954 - February 25, 1981)
- Marco René Revelo Contreras (February 25, 1981 - October 19, 1998)
- Romeo Tovar Astorga OFM (May 12, 1999 - February 9, 2016)
- Miguel Ángel Morán Aquino (since February 9, 2016)
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of Santa Ana on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the diocese of Santa Ana on gcatholic.org (English) (English)
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