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Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacatecoluca

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Roman Catholic diocese in El Salvador
Diocese of Zacatecoluca
Dioecesis Zacatecolucana
Location
CountryEl Salvador
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San Salvador
MetropolitanJosé Luis Escobar Alas
Statistics
Area1,536 km (593 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
336,000
283,000 (84.2%)
Parishes32
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established5 May 1987 (37 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de Nuestra Señora de los Pobres
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopElías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B.
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The Diocese of Zacatecoluca (Latin: Dioecesis Zacatecolucana) 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 Zacatecoluca was erected on 5 May 1987.

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