Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Diocese of San Miguel Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis
Catedral-Basílica Reina de la Paz
Location
Country	El Salvador
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San Salvador
Metropolitan	José Luis Escobar Alas
Coordinates	13°28'58.570"N, 88°10'29.100"W
Statistics
Area	4,993 km^2 (1,928 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 1,253,100 871,500 (69.5%)
Parishes	47
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 February 1913 (111 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral-Basilica of Queen of Peace
Secular priests	70
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca
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The Diocese of San Miguel (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis) 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 Miguel was erected on 11 February 1913.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo (1913–1941)
• Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar (1942–1968)
• Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. (1968–1969)
• José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. (1969–1997)
• Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (1997–1999), appointed Bishop of Santa Ana
• Miguel Angel Morán Aquino (2000–2016), appointed Bishop of Santa Ana
• Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (2017–present)

Coadjutor bishops

• Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. (1965–1968)
• Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (1996–1997)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Gregorio Rosa Chávez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador in 1982, cardinal in 2017

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1954		Diocese of Santiago de María

References

External links

• "Diocese of San Miguel". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-16. ^{[self-published]}