Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Chalatenango | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Chalatenangensis |
Country: | El Salvador |
Metropolitan: | José Luis Escobar Alas |
Province: | Province of San Salvador |
Area Km2: | 2,600 |
Population: | 271,000 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 244,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 90 |
Parishes: | 23 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 30 December 1987 (years ago) |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Bishop: | Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, OCD (formerly, President of the Conference of Religious of El Salvador [CONFRES]) |
Emeritus Bishops: | Luis Morao Andreazza, OFM |
Map: | El Salvador - Diocesi di Chalatenango.jpg |
The Diocese of Chalatenango 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 Chalatenango was erected on 30 December 1987.