Diocese of Santa Ana, El Salvador 🇸🇻

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Santa Ana / Sanctæ Annæ (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Salvador

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa (↖), Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (↑), Chalatenango (↗), San Salvador (→), Sonsonate (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

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History

1913.02.11: Established as Diocese of Santa Ana / Sanctæ Annæ (Latin) (from Diocese of San Salvador and became suffragan of San Salvador)
1986.05.31: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sonsonate

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.02.09 – ...):

Bishop Miguel Angel Morán Aquino (71)

Monsignors (2)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa Ana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Angel Morán Aquino (71)
(2016.02.09 – ...)

Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador)

Born:	1955.05.25 (Esquipulas, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:	1981.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.02

Priest of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1981.12.05 – 2000.07.19)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (2000.07.19 – 2016.02.09)

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

Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (86)
(1999.05.12 – 2016.02.09)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Ana (El Salvador)
former General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Born:	1940.03.05 (Ciudad Delgado, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.07.25

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

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

President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (1988 – 1992)

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)

Bishop Marco René Revelo Contreras
(1981.02.25 – 1998.10.19)

Born:	1923.07.14 (San Salvador, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:	1948.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.09.08
Died:	2000.09.04 († 77)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1973.07.14 – 1978.01)

Titular Bishop of Germaniciana (1973.07.14 – 1981.02.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1978.01 – 1981.02.25)

Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1981.02.25 – 1998.10.19)

President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (1983 – 1988)

President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (1995 – 1998)

Bishop Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I.
(1954.03.01 – 1981.02.25)

Born:	1902.12.28 (Sensuntepeque, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:	1934.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.11.15
Died:	1999.02.04 († 96)

Titular Bishop of Sabadia (1942.09.25 – 1954.03.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1942.09.25 – 1954.03.01)

Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1954.03.01 – 1981.02.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (1970 – 1975)

Archbishop Santiago Ricardo Vilanova y Meléndez
(1914.07.03 – 1952.08.11)

Born:	1862.05.09 (Santa Tecla, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:	1886.11.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.03.22
Died:	1953.01.17 († 90)

Priest of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1886.11.07 – 1913.08.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1913.08.01 – 1914.07.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mopsuestia (Turkiye) (1913.08.01 – 1914.07.03)

Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1914.07.03 – 1952.08.11)

Titular Archbishop of Anchialus (1952.08.11 – 1953.01.17)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (63) (2008.01.25 – 2009.12.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. (87) (2003.11.12 – 2007.04.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, Opus Dei (later Archbishop) (1984.12.22 – 1995.04.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marco René Revelo Contreras (1973.07.14 – 1978.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. (1961.08.11 – 1965)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I. (1942.09.25 – 1954.03.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana, Santa Ana, Santa Ana

San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa (↖), Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (↑), Chalatenango (↗), San Salvador (→), Sonsonate (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,263 km²

Population: 751,409 Catholics (65.3% of 1,151,284 total)

Pastoral Centres: 63 parishes

Personnel: 146 priests (130 diocesan, 16 religious), 167 religious (28 brothers, 139 sisters), 25 seminarians