Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Santiago de María | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Maria |
Country: | El Salvador |
Metropolitan: | José Luis Escobar Alas |
Province: | Province of San Salvador |
Area Km2: | 2,866 |
Population: | 563,000 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Catholics: | 449,700 |
Catholics Percent: | 79.9 |
Parishes: | 40 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 2 December 1954 (years ago) |
Priests: | 85 |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Map: | El Salvador - Diocesi di Santiago de Maria.jpg |
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.