Diocese of

Santiago de María

El Salvador El Salvador

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Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santiago de María (español) / Sancti Iacobi de Maria (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Salvador

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.01.04 – ...):Bishop William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera (62)Bishop William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera (62)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santiago de María (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera (62)Bishop William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera (62)
(2016.01.04 – ...)

Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador)
General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Dixere Evangelium in lætitia

Born:1962.01.24 (Jayaque, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:1988.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:2016.03.12

Priest of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1988.12.27 – 2016.01.04)

Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador) (2016.01.04 – ...)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (2016.02? – ...)

Bishop Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar
(1983.12.23 – 2016.01.04)

Born:1938.03.14 (Teotepeque, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:1962.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1984.02.11
Died:2022.06.14 (Santiago de Maria, El Salvador † 84)

Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador) (1983.12.23 – 2016.01.04)

Bishop Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1977.09.19 – 1983.02.28)

Ipsa auxiliante omnibus omnia fieri

Born:1923.09.30
Ordained Priest:1953.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1960.10.23
Died:1994.11.26 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Legia (1960.07.30 – 1977.09.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1960.07.30 – 1977.09.19)

Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador) (1977.09.19 – 1983.02.28)

Apostolic Administrator of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1980 – 1983.02.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1983.02.28 – 1994.11.26)

President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1984 – 1988)

President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (1992 – 1994)

Bishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (later Archbishop, Saint)
(1974.10.15 – 1977.02.03)

Sentire cum Ecclesia

Born:1917.08.15 (Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:1942.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1970.06.21
Died:1980.03.24 🩸 (San Salvador, El Salvador † 62)
Beatified:2015.05.23 (San Salvador, El Salvador)
Canonised:2018.10.14

Titular Bishop of Tambeæ (1970.04.25 – 1974.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1970.04.25 – 1974.10.15)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1971 – 1972)

Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador) (1974.10.15 – 1977.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1977.02.03 – 1980.03.24)

Archbishop. Martyr.

Bishop Francisco José Castro y Ramírez
(1956.11.15 – 1974.05.29)

Born:1901.10.04 (El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:1925.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1957.01.27
Died:1974.05.29 († 72)

Bishop of Santiago de María (El Salvador) (1956.11.15 – 1974.05.29)

Bishop Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar
(Apostolic Administrator 1955 – 1956.11.15)

Special Churches

Churches by City (38)

Zacatecoluca (↙), San Vicente (↖), Gracias (↖), San Miguel (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,868 km²

Population: 330,260 Catholics (64.7% of 510,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 90 priests (85 diocesan, 5 religious), 100 religious (36 brothers, 64 sisters), 12 seminarians

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