Diocese of Santiago de María Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Maria |
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Location | |
Country | El Salvador |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Salvador |
Metropolitan | José Luis Escobar Alas |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,866 km2 (1,107 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 563,000 449,700 (79.9%) |
Parishes | 40 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 2 December 1954 (63 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. James the Apostle |
Secular priests | 85 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de María (erected 2 December 1954) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Salvador.