Diocese of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Zacatecoluca / Zacatecolucan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Salvador

1987.05.05: Established as Diocese of Zacatecoluca / Zacatecolucan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of San Vicente and became suffragan of San Salvador)

Bishop (1998.02.27 – ...):

Bishop Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B. (73)

Bishops of Zacatecoluca (Roman Rite)

Bishop Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B. (73)
(1998.02.27 – ...)

Bishop of Zacatecoluca (El Salvador) (1998.02.27 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (2020.03? – ...)

Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (84)
(1987.05.05 – 1996.12.17)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (? – 2016.02.09)

Bishop of Zacatecoluca (El Salvador) (1987.05.05 – 1996.12.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1996.12.17 – 1997.04.10)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1997.04.10 – 1999.05.12)

Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1999.05.12 – 2016.02.09)

Area: 1,536 km²

Population: 235,426 Catholics (70.0% of 336,405 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes

Personnel: 62 priests (58 diocesan, 4 religious), 2 deacons, 67 religious (6 brothers, 61 sisters), 29 seminarians