Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente

Roman Catholic diocese in El Salvador

Not to be confused with the Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán in Colombia.

Diocese of San Vicente

Dioecesis Sancti Vincentii

Cathedral

Location
Country| El Salvador
Ecclesiastical province| Province of San Salvador
Metropolitan| José Luis Escobar Alas
Statistics
Area| 4,993 km2 (1,928 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2010)
508,000
467,779 (92.1%)
Parishes| 35
Information
Denomination| Catholic Church
Sui iuris church| Latin Church
Rite| Roman Rite
Established| 18 December 1943 (80 years ago)
Cathedral| Cathedral of St. Vincent
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Bishop| José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M.
Bishops emeritus| José Oscar Barahona Castillo
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The Diocese of San Vicente (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Vincentii) 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 San Vicente was erected on 18 December 1943.

## Bishops

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### Ordinaries

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* Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. (1948–1983)
* José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1983–2005)
* José Luis Escobar Alas (2005–2008), appointed Archbishop of San Salvador
* José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (since 2009)

### Auxiliary bishops

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* José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1982–1983), appointed bishop here
* José Luis Escobar Alas (2002–2005), appointed bishop here

### Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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* Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca, appointed Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of El Salvador in 2008
* Constantino Barrera Morales, appointed Bishop of Sonsonate in 2012

## Territorial losses

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Year | To form

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1987 | Diocese of Zacatecoluca

## External links and references

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* "Diocese of San Vicente". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-16.

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