Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Sonsonate | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Sonsonatensis |
Country: | El Salvador |
Metropolitan: | José Luis Escobar Alas |
Province: | Province of San Salvador |
Area Km2: | 1,225 |
Population: | 548,000 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Catholics: | 439,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 80.1 |
Parishes: | 26 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 31 May 1986 (years ago) |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Map: | El Salvador - Diocesi di Sonsonate.jpg |
The Diocese of Sonsonate 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 Sonsonate was erected on 31 May 1986.