Diocese of San Miguel
Sancti Michaëlis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Miguel, El Salvador
Latin-rite diocese in eastern El Salvador, erected on 11 February 1913 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Salvador. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Queen of Peace in San Miguel.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 February 1913
- Latin
- Sancti Michaëlis
- Patron
- • san Miguel Arcángel, • Nuestra Señora de la Paz
- Annuario code
- 001002929
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 871,500
- Population
- 1,253,100
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 69.5%
- Priests
- 70
- Catholics per priest
- 12,450
- Extent
- 4,993 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 175
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca
- Born
- 20 June 1961
- Birthplace
- Ilobasco
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Queen of Peace, San Miguel stands in San Miguel, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of San Salvador
A suffragan of San Salvador.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San SalvadorSan Salvador
- Diocese of ChalatenangoChalatenango
- Diocese of San VicenteSan Vicente
- Diocese of Santa AnaSanta Ana
- Diocese of Santiago de MaríaSantiago de María
- Diocese of SonsonateSonsonate
- Diocese of ZacatecolucaZacatecoluca
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
El Salvador's Diocese of San Miguel (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis), a Latin Church see erected on 11 February 1913, is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador.
Catholic Intelligence
Get early access
We are indexing the whole visible Church: every diocese and parish on earth, searchable and mapped, with Mass times, clergy, and diocesan contacts. Launching soon. Sign up to be first in when it opens, starting with [object Object].
One email at launch. Nothing else.
Already have access? Sign inSources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.