Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalatenango explained

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.

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