Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalatenango

Diocese of Chalatenango Dioecesis Chalatenangensis
Cathedral
Location
Country	El Salvador
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San Salvador
Metropolitan	José Luis Escobar Alas
Statistics
Area	2,600 km^2 (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 (37 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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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.

Ordinaries

• Eduardo Alas Alfaro (1987–2007)
• Luis Morao Andreazza, OFM (2007–2016)
• Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, OCD (July 14, 2016 – present); formerly, President of the Conference of Religious of El Salvador (CONFRES)[1]

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in El Salvador

References

1. "Rinunce e nomine".

External links

• "Diocese of Chalatenango". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-16. ^[self-published]

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