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Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de María

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Roman Catholic diocese in El Salvador
Diocese of Santiago de María
Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Maria
Location
CountryEl Salvador
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San Salvador
MetropolitanJosé Luis Escobar Alas
Statistics
Area2,866 km (1,107 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
563,000
449,700 (79.9%)
Parishes40
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established2 December 1954 (70 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. James the Apostle
Secular priests85
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopWilliam Ernesto Iraheta Rivera
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The Diocese of Santiago de María 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 Santiago de María was erected on 2 December 1954.

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