Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Zacatecoluca | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Zacatecolucana |
Country: | El Salvador |
Metropolitan: | José Luis Escobar Alas |
Province: | Province of San Salvador |
Area Km2: | 1,536 |
Population: | 336,000 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Catholics: | 283,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 84.2 |
Parishes: | 32 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 5 May 1987 (years ago) |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Bishop: | Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B. |
Map: | El Salvador - Diocesi di Zacatecoluca.jpg |
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.