Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente
Diocese of San Vicente Dioecesis Sancti Vincentii | |
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| Location | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Salvador |
| Metropolitan | José Luis Escobar Alas |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,993 km2 (1,928 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 508,000 467,779 (92.1%) |
| Parishes | 35 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 18 December 1943 (80 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Vincent |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M. |
| Bishops emeritus | José Oscar Barahona Castillo |
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The Diocese of San Vicente (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Vincentii) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador. The Diocese of San Vicente was erected on 18 December 1943.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. (1948–1983)
- José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1983–2005)
- José Luis Escobar Alas (2005–2008), appointed Archbishop of San Salvador
- José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (since 2009)
Auxiliary bishops
- José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1982–1983), appointed bishop here
- José Luis Escobar Alas (2002–2005), appointed bishop here
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca, appointed Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador in 2008
- Constantino Barrera Morales, appointed Bishop of Sonsonate in 2012
Territorial losses
| Year | To form |
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| 1987 | Diocese of Zacatecoluca |
External links and references
- "Diocese of San Vicente". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
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