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Suffragan diocese San Miguel, El Salvador

Diocese of San Miguel

Sancti Michaëlis

Latin-rite diocese in eastern El Salvador, erected on 11 February 1913 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Salvador. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Queen of Peace in San Miguel.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Queen of Peace, San Miguel, in San Miguel, El Salvador.

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Established
1913
Catholics
871,500
Priests
70
Territory
4,993 km²

Parishes and churches

1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca
Born
20 June 1961
Birthplace
Ilobasco

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Queen of Peace, San Miguel stands in San Miguel, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

El Salvador's Diocese of San Miguel (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis), a Latin Church see erected on 11 February 1913, is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador.