Suffragan diocese Chalatenango, El Salvador
Diocese of Chalatenango
Chalatenangen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in northern El Salvador, erected on 30 December 1987 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Salvador. Its seat is St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Chalatenango.
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- Established
- 1987
- Catholics
- 244,000
- Priests
- 46
- Territory
- 2,600 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Oswaldo Estefano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D.
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The cathedral
St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Chalatenango stands in Chalatenango, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Erected on 30 December 1987, Chalatenango is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in El Salvador, serving as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador.