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Diocese of Santiago de María
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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.
- Bishop
- William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera
- Latin name
- Sancti Iacobi de Maria
- Erected
- 2 December 1954
- Cathedral
- Catedral de Santiago Apóstol (Santiago de María)
- Patron
- Saint James the Apostle
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- San Salvador (Archdiocese of San Salvador)
- Catholics
- 330,000
- Chancery
- Obispado, 4a Av. Sur y Calle Bolívar, Santiago de María, Depto. de Usulután, El Salvador
- Telephone
- Tel. e fax 2663-0282
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- San Miguel 32 km
- San Vicente 39 km
- Zacatecoluca 44 km
- San Salvador 84 km
- Chalatenango 103 km
- Gracias HN 124 km
Parishes near the see
- San Martín de Porres · Santiago de María <1 km
- San Pedro Apóstol · Alegría 3 km
- Inmaculada Concepción de María · Tecapán 4 km
- Natividad del Señor · California 5 km
- San José · Berlín 8 km
- San Simón Apóstol · Jucuapa 10 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002972 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08