Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalatenango
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The Diocese of Chalatenango 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 Chalatenango was erected on 30 December 1987.
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Location | |
Country | El Salvador |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Salvador |
Metropolitan | José Luis Escobar Alas |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,600 km2 (1,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 271,000 244,000 (90%) |
Parishes | 23 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 30 December 1987 (36 years ago) |
Cathedral | St. John the Baptist Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, OCD (formerly, President of the Conference of Religious of El Salvador [CONFRES]) |
Bishops emeritus | Luis Morao Andreazza, OFM |
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