The Diocese of San Miguel ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in

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. It is a

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in the ecclesiastical province of the

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Archdiocese of San Salvador. The Diocese of San Miguel was erected on 11 February 1913.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo (1913–1941) * Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar (1942–1968) *

Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano Lorenzo may refer to: People * Lorenzo (name) Places Peru * San Lorenzo Island (Peru), sometimes referred to as the island of Lorenzo United States * Lorenzo, Illinois * Lorenzo, Texas * San Lorenzo, California, formerly Lorenzo * Lorenzo State ...

, O.F.M. (1968–1969) *

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, C.M. (1969–1997) * Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (1997–1999), appointed Bishop of Santa Ana * Miguel Angel Morán Aquino (2000–2016), appointed Bishop of Santa Ana *

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(2017–present)

Coadjutor bishops

, O.F.M. (1965–1968) * Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (1996–1997)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Gregorio Rosa Chávez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador in 1982,

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in 2017

Territorial losses

References

External links

* San Miguel San Miguel San Miguel 1913 establishments in El Salvador San Miguel, El Salvador Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of San Salvador {{RC-diocese-stub