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.
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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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.