The Diocese of Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana was erected on 11 February 1913.
Diocese of Santa Ana Dioecesis Sanctae Annae | |
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 Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana | |
| Location | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Salvador |
| Metropolitan | José Luis Escobar Alas |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,272 km2 (1,263 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 1,533,000 985,000 (64.3%) |
| Parishes | 58 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 11 February 1913 (111 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana |
| Secular priests | 113 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Miguel Angel Moran Aquino |
| Map | |
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Bishops
editOrdinaries
edit- Giacomo Richardo Vilanova y Meléndez (1914–1953)
- Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I. (1954–1981)
- Marco René Revelo Contreras (1981–1998)
- Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (1999–2016)
- Miguel Angel Moran Aquino (2016– )
Auxiliary bishops
edit- Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.J. (1952–1954), appointed Bishop of Santa Ana
- Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. (1961-1965), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel
- Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, O.F.M. (1984–1995), appointed Archbishop of San Salvador
- Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. (2003–2007), appointed Bishop of Chalatenango
- José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (2008–2009), appointed Bishop of San Vicente
Territorial losses
edit| Year | Along with | To form |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Diocese of Sonsonate |
External links and references
edit- "Diocese of Santa Ana". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
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