Diocese of Chalatenango, El Salvador

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Chalatenango / Chalatenangen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Salvador

1987.12.30: Established as Diocese of Chalatenango / Chalatenangen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador and became suffragan of San Salvador)

Bishop (2016.07.14 – ...):

Bishop Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D. (55)

Bishops of Chalatenango (Roman Rite)

Bishop Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D. (55)
(2016.07.14 – ...)

Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador)

Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador) (2016.07.14 – ...)

Bishop Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. (84)
(2007.04.21 – 2016.07.14)

Bishop emeritus of Chalatenango (El Salvador)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador (El Salvador) (1997.06.19 – 2003.11.12)

Titular Bishop of Tullia (2003.11.12 – 2007.04.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (2003.11.12 – 2007.04.21)

Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador) (2007.04.21 – 2016.07.14)

Bishop Eduardo Alas Alfaro
(1987.12.30 – 2007.04.21)

Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador) (1987.12.30 – 2007.04.21)

Area: 2,017 km²

Population: 257,150 Catholics (89.6% of 287,100 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes

Personnel: 44 priests (diocesan), 38 religious (38 sisters), 13 seminarians