Diocese of Santiago de María
| Diocese of Santiago de María | |
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| Country | El Salvador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Salvador |
| Diocesan bishop | William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar |
| founding | 2nd December 1954 |
| surface | 2,866 km² |
| Parishes | 40 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 563,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 449,700 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 79.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 80 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,291 |
| Friars | 7 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 71 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Santiago Apostol |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de María ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Jacobi de Maria , Spanish diócesis de Santiago de María ) is in El Salvador situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Santiago de María .
Its territory includes the Department of Usulután and the Municipios Ciudad Barrios , Chapeltique , Lolotique and Sesori in the Department of San Miguel .
history
The diocese of Santiago de María was on December 2, 1954 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from territory ceded by the Diocese of San Miguel and subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Salvador as a suffragan .
Bishops of Santiago de María
- Francisco José Castro y Ramírez , 1956–1974
- Óscar Romero , 1974–1977, then Archbishop of San Salvador
- Arturo Rivera y Damas SDB , 1977–1983, then Archbishop of San Salvador
- Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar , 1983-2016
- William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera , since 2016