Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_San_Miguel_(El_Salvador)

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Roman Catholic diocese in 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.

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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

Territorial losses

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References

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



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