Diocese of Sonsonata
| Diocese of Sonsonata | |
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| Country | El Salvador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Salvador |
| Diocesan bishop | Constantino Barrera Morales |
| founding | 1986 |
| surface | 1,225 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 559,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 448,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 80.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,667 |
| Friars | 2 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 62 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Santísima Trinidad |
| Website | www.diosonrio.org.co |
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The Diocese of Sonsonate ( Latin Dioecesis Sonsonatensis , Spanish diócesis de Sonsonate ) is in El Salvador situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Sonsonate . It includes the Department of Sonsonate .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it on May 31, 1986 from cession of territory by the diocese of Santa Ana and was subordinated to the archbishopric of San Salvador as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Sonsonate
- José Carmen Di Pietro Pésolo SDB , June 2, 1986 - May 30, 1989
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José Adolfo Mojica Morales , November 18, 1989 - October 8, 2011
- Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca , October 8, 2011 - June 11, 2012 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Constantino Barrera Morales , since June 11, 2012
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Sonsonate on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Sonsonate on Giga-Catholic (English)
Commons : Diocese of Sonsonate - collection of images, videos and audio files
