Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel (El Salvador)

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.

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 km2 (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
Map

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

External links

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