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Diocese of Santiago de María

Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Maria



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 2 December 1954
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of San Salvador
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: El Salvador
  • Square Kilometers: 2,868 (1,107 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, 4a Av. Sur y Calle Bolivar, Santiago de Maria, Depto. de Usulután, El Salvador
  • Telephone: 2663-0282
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
2 December 1954ErectedDiocese of San Miguel (Usulután, Sesori, along with Ciudad Barrios, Chapeltique, and Lolotique) Diocese of Santiago de María (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966300,000310,00096.8%15142910,344141319ap1967
1970311,099327,47395.0%141422,22119ap1971
1976353,990389,00091.0%1592414,749111220ap1977
1980463,125487,50095.0%14132717,152143022ap1981
1990587,000617,00095.1%2373019,56675024ap1991
1999587,000734,00080.0%3964513,04486832ap2000
2000597,000747,00079.9%4544912,18366834ap2001
2001400,000500,00080.0%484527,69266736ap2002
2002400,000500,00080.0%485537,54776737ap2003
2003400,000500,00080.0%525577,01776737ap2004
2004400,000500,00080.0%525577,01787038ap2005
2010440,000551,00079.9%614656,76957739ap2011
2014449,700563,00079.9%805855,29078140ap2015
2017459,000574,00080.0%865915,04378140ap2018
2020325,400504,20064.5%755804,067366442ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 201, to Page 203

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