Archdiocese of San Salvador
The Archdiocese of San Salvador ( Latin Archidioecesis Sancti Salvatoris in America , Spanish Arquidiócesis de San Salvador ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in El Salvador .
history
The archbishopric was founded on September 28, 1842 by Pope Gregory XVI. founded as the diocese of San Salvador ("Sancti Salvatoris in America") out of the archdiocese of Guatemala . The first bishop was Jorge de Viteri y Ungo . By Pope Pius X. the diocese was elevated to an archbishopric on February 11, 1913; the first archbishop was Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar .
Several suffragan dioceses were established, namely the Diocese of San Miguel and the Diocese of Santa Ana (1913), the Diocese of San Vicente (1943), the Diocese of Santiago de María (1954), the Diocese of Sonsonate (1986), the Dioceses of Chalatenango and Zacatecoluca ( 1987).
Bishops of San Salvador
- 1843–1846 Jorge de Viteri y Ungo
- 1853–1875 Tomás Miguel Pineda y Saldaña
- 1875–1885 José Luis Cárcamo y Rodríguez
- 1888–1913 Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar
Archbishops of San Salvador
- 1913–1926 Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar
- 1927–1938 José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez
- 1938–1977 Luis Chávez y González
- 1977–1980 Oscar Amulfo Romero y Galdamez
- 1983-1994 Arturo Rivera y Damas SDB
- 1994-2008 Fernando Sáenz Lacalle
- 2008– José Luis Escobar Alas
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of San Salvador (Spanish)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of San Salvador on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
