Diocese of Santa Ana

Dioecesis Sanctae Annae
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana
Location
CountryEl Salvador
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San Salvador
MetropolitanJosé Luis Escobar Alas
Statistics
Area3,272 km2 (1,263 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
1,533,000
985,000 (64.3%)
Parishes58
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established11 February 1913 (110 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana
Secular priests113
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMiguel Angel Moran Aquino
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The Diocese of Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana was erected on 11 February 1913.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Giacomo Richardo Vilanova y Meléndez (1914–1953)
  • Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I. (1954–1981)
  • Marco René Revelo Contreras (1981–1998)
  • Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (1999–2016)
  • Miguel Angel Moran Aquino (2016– )

Auxiliary bishops

Territorial losses

YearAlong withTo form
1986Diocese of Sonsonate
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