Diocese of Santiago de María
Sancti Iacobi de Maria
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santiago de María, El Salvador
The Diocese of Santiago de María is a Latin-rite diocese in the Usulután Department of El Salvador, erected on 2 December 1954. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Salvador and has been led since 2016 by Bishop William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 December 1954
- Latin
- Sancti Iacobi de Maria
- Patron
- Saint James the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001002972
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 330,000
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 3,750
- Extent
- 2,868 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 115
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera
- Born
- 24 January 1962
- Birthplace
- Jayaque
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de Santiago Apóstol stands in Santiago de María, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of San Salvador
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Salvador.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San SalvadorSan Salvador
- Diocese of ChalatenangoChalatenango
- Diocese of San MiguelSan Miguel
- Diocese of San VicenteSan Vicente
- Diocese of Santa AnaSanta Ana
- Diocese of SonsonateSonsonate
- Diocese of ZacatecolucaZacatecoluca
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].