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Diocese of

San Miguel

El Salvador El Salvador

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Miguel / Sancti Michaëlis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Salvador

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Santiago de María (←), Gracias (↖), Comayagua (↑), Choluteca (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.12.07 – ...):Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (62)Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Miguel (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (62)Bishop Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (62)
(2017.12.07 – ...)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador)

Born:1961.06.20 (Ilobasco, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:1986.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:2008.03.29

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (? – 2016?)

Priest of San Vicente (El Salvador) (1986.06.05 – 2008.02.02)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador (El Salvador) (2003.11.12 – 2008.02.02)

Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador) (2008.02.02 – 2017.12.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Sonsonate (El Salvador) (2011.10.08 – 2012.06.11)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador (El Salvador) (2017.12.07 – 2020.02.22)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (2017.12.07 – ...)

Bishop Miguel Angel Morán Aquino (68)Bishop Miguel Angel Morán Aquino (68)
(2000.07.19 – 2016.02.09)

Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador)

Born:1955.05.25 (Esquipulas, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:1981.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:2000.09.02

Priest of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1981.12.05 – 2000.07.19)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (2000.07.19 – 2016.02.09)

Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (2016.02.09 – ...)

Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (83)Bishop Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (83)
(1997.04.10 – 1999.05.12)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Ana (El Salvador)
former General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Born:1940.03.05 (Ciudad Delgado, El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:1987.07.25

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (? – 2016.02.09)

Bishop of Zacatecoluca (El Salvador) (1987.05.05 – 1996.12.17)

President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (1988 – 1992)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1996.12.17 – 1997.04.10)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1997.04.10 – 1999.05.12)

Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1999.05.12 – 2016.02.09)

Bishop José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M.
(1969.12.09 – 1997.04.10)

Born:1922.03.27 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1945.11.04
Consecrated Bishop:1966.01.25
Died:2000.10.10 († 78)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1965.10.07 – 1968.11.04)

Titular Bishop of Tabunia (1965.10.07 – 1969.12.09)

Military Vicar of El Salvador (El Salvador) (1968.11.04 – 1986.07.21)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1969.12.09 – 1997.04.10)

President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (1980 – 1983)

Military Ordinary of El Salvador (El Salvador) (1986.07.21 – 1987.03.07)

Bishop Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M.
(1968.01.10 – 1969.06.27)

Born:1921.04.05 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1947.01.26
Consecrated Bishop:1961.09.21
Died:1990.05.16 († 69)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1961.08.11 – 1965)

Titular Bishop of Limata (1961.08.11 – 1968.01.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1965 – 1968.01.10)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1968.01.10 – 1969.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Valabria (1969.06.27 – 1976.02.12)

Bishop Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar
(1942.09.25 – 1968.01.10)

Born:1897.10.29 (El Salvador)
Ordained Priest:1921.01.30
Consecrated Bishop:1942.11.15
Died:1983.10.03 († 85)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1942.09.25 – 1968.01.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de María (El Salvador) (1955 – 1956.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Selemselæ (1968.01.10 – 1983.10.03)

Bishop Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo
(1913.08.01 – 1941.07.03)

Born:1868.01.18
Ordained Priest:1891.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1914.03.29
Died:1941.07.03 († 73)

Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1913.08.01 – 1941.07.03)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 4,798 km²

Population: 852,355 Catholics (68.1% of 1,251,537 total) (2021)

Statistics: 51 parishes, 1 mission, 79 priests (71 diocesan, 8 religious), 1 deacon, 23 religious (11 brothers, 12 sisters), 28 seminarians (2021)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.24

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