Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Diocese of San Miguel

Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis
Catedral-Basílica Reina de la Paz
Location
CountryEl Salvador
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San Salvador
MetropolitanJosé Luis Escobar Alas
Coordinates13°28'58.570"N, 88°10'29.100"W
Statistics
Area4,993 km2 (1,928 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2014)
  • 1,253,100
  • 871,500 (69.5%)
Parishes47
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established11 February 1913 (112 years ago)
CathedralCathedral-Basilica of Queen of Peace [1]
Secular priests70
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopFabio 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.[2]

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

Territorial losses

Year Along with To form
1954 Diocese of Santiago de María

References

  1. ^ https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zmig0?tab=churches
  2. ^ "San Miguel (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2025-06-18.