Diocese of Santiago de María

Sancti Iacobi de Maria

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santiago de María, El Salvador

The Diocese of Santiago de María is a Latin-rite diocese in the Usulután Department of El Salvador, erected on 2 December 1954. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Salvador and has been led since 2016 by Bishop William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 2 December 1954
Latin: Sancti Iacobi de Maria
Patron: Saint James the Apostle
Annuario code: 001002972

The see in figures

Catholics: 330,000
Priests: 88
Catholics per priest: 3,750
Extent: 2,868 km²
Catholics per km²: 115

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: William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera
Born: 24 January 1962
Birthplace: Jayaque

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

Catedral de Santiago Apóstol stands in Santiago de María, 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 Archdiocese of San Salvador.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

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.