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Suffragan diocese Santiago de María, El Salvador

Diocese of Santiago de María

Sancti Iacobi de Maria

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral de Santiago Apóstol, in Santiago de María, El Salvador.

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Established
1954
Catholics
330,000
Priests
88
Territory
2,868 km²

Parishes and churches

38 listed churches 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
William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera
Born
24 January 1962
Birthplace
Jayaque

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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.