Diocese of Sonsonate, El Salvador

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Sonsonate / Sonsonaten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Salvador

1986.05.31: Established as Diocese of Sonsonate / Sonsonaten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Santa Ana and became suffragan of San Salvador)

Bishop (2012.06.11 – ...):

Bishop Constantino Barrera Morales (60)

Bishops of Sonsonate (Roman Rite)

Bishop Constantino Barrera Morales (60)
(2012.06.11 – ...)

Bishop of Sonsonate (El Salvador)

Priest of San Vicente (El Salvador) (1990.12.08 – 2012.06.11)

Bishop of Sonsonate (El Salvador) (2012.06.11 – ...)

Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.10.08 – 2012.06.11)

Bishop José Adolfo Mojica Morales
(1989.11.18 – 2011.10.08)

Bishop of Sonsonate (El Salvador) (1989.11.18 – 2011.10.08)

Bishop José Carmen Di Pietro Pésolo, S.D.B.
(1986.06.02 – 1989.05.30)

Bishop of Sonsonate (El Salvador) (1986.06.02 – 1989.05.30)

Area: 1,225 km²

Population: 475,200 Catholics (90.3% of 526,078 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes

Personnel: 64 priests (60 diocesan, 4 religious), 1 deacon, 79 religious (4 brothers, 75 sisters), 8 seminarians