Diocese of San Miguel, El Salvador 🇸🇻

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Miguel / Sancti Michaëlis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Salvador

Neighbouring Dioceses: Santiago de María (←), Gracias (↖), Comayagua (↑), Choluteca (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1913.02.11: Established as Diocese of San Miguel / Sancti Michaëlis (Latin) (from Diocese of San Salvador and became suffragan of San Salvador)
1954.12.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santiago de María

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.12.07 – ...):

Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (65)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Miguel (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (65)
(2017.12.07 – ...)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Born:	1961.06.20 (Ilobasco, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.03.29

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (? – 2016?)

Priest of San Vicente (El Salvador) (1986.06.05 – 2000)

Priest of El Salvador (El Salvador) (2000 – 2008.02.02)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador (El Salvador) (2003.11.12 – 2008.02.02)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2004.04.15 – 2008.02.02)

Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador) (2008.02.02 – 2017.12.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Sonsonate (El Salvador) (2011.10.08 – 2012.06.11)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador (El Salvador) (2017.12.07 – 2020.02.22)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (2017.12.07 – ...)

Bishop Miguel Angel Morán Aquino (71)
(2000.07.19 – 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)
(1997.04.10 – 1999.05.12)

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 José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M.
(1969.12.09 – 1997.04.10)

Born:	1922.03.27 (Berlin, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1945.11.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.01.25
Died:	2000.10.10 († 78)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1965.10.07 – 1968.11.04)

Titular Bishop of Tabunia (1965.10.07 – 1969.12.09)

Military Vicar of El Salvador (El Salvador) (1968.11.04 – 1986.07.21)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1969.12.09 – 1997.04.10)

President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (1980 – 1983)

Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador) (1986.07.21 – 1987.03.07)

Bishop Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M.
(1968.01.10 – 1969.06.27)

Born:	1921.04.05 (Mount Vernon, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1947.01.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.09.21
Died:	1990.05.16 (Bronx, NY, USA † 69)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1961.08.11 – 1965)

Titular Bishop of Limata (1961.08.11 – 1968.01.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1965 – 1968.01.10)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1968.01.10 – 1969.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Valabria (1969.06.27 – 1976.02.12)

Bishop Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar
(1942.09.25 – 1968.01.10)

Born:	1897.10.29 (San Salvador, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:	1921.01.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.11.15
Died:	1983.10.03 († 85)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1942.09.25 – 1968.01.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de María (El Salvador) (1955 – 1956.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Selemselæ (1968.01.10 – 1983.10.03)

Bishop Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo
(1913.08.01 – 1941.07.03)

Born:	1868.01.18 (Opico, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:	1891.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.03.29
Died:	1941.07.03 († 73)

Priest of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1891.11.01 – 1913.08.01)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1913.08.01 – 1941.07.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (86) (1996.12.17 – 1997.04.10)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. (1965 – 1968.01.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Catedral Basílica Reina de la Paz, San Miguel, San Miguel

Santiago de María (←), Gracias (↖), Comayagua (↑), Choluteca (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,798 km²

Population: 855,759 Catholics (68.0% of 1,257,789 total)

Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 84 priests (76 diocesan, 8 religious), 1 deacon, 23 religious (11 brothers, 12 sisters), 32 seminarians