Diocese of Sonsonate

Dioecesis Sonsonatensis
Location
CountryEl Salvador
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San Salvador
MetropolitanJosé Luis Escobar Alas
Statistics
Area1,225 km2 (473 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
548,000
439,000 (80.1%)
Parishes26
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established31 May 1986 (37 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopConstantino Barrera Morales
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The Diocese of Sonsonate is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador. The Diocese of Sonsonate was erected on 31 May 1986.

Ordinaries

  • José Carmen Di Pietro Pésolo, S.D.B. (1986–1989)
  • José Adolfo Mojica Morales (1989–2011)
  • Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (2011–2012); Apostolic Administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis"; concurrently Military Ordinary of El Salvador
  • Constantino Barrera Morales (2012–present); Bishop-elect; formerly Rector of the Salvadoran National Major Seminary, "San Jose de la Montana"

References

    • "Diocese of Sonsonate". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-16. [self-published]



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