The Diocese of San Vicente ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Vincentii) is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the
Catholic Church
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in
El Salvador. It is a
suffragan diocese in the
ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...
of the
metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador
The Archdiocese of San Salvador is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. Its archepiscopal see is the Salvadoran capital, San Salvador, and the surrounding region.
The current Archbishop ...
. The Diocese of San Vicente was erected on 18 December 1943.
Bishops
Ordinaries
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Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. (1948–1983)
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José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1983–2005)
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José Luis Escobar Alas (2005–2008), appointed Archbishop of San Salvador
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José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez,
O.F.M. (since 2009)
Auxiliary bishops
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José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1982–1983), appointed bishop here
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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
The Military Ordinariate in El Salvador ( es, Ordinariato Militar en El Salvador) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or military ordinariate of the Catholic Church with jurisdiction over Catholics serving in the Armed Forces of El Salva ...
in 2008
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Constantino Barrera Morales, appointed Bishop of
Sonsonate
Sonsonate () is a city and municipality of El Salvador. It is the capital of the department of Sonsonate; on the Sensunapan River and the Pan-American Highway from San Salvador to the Pacific port of Acajutla
Acajutla is a seaport city in Sons ...
in 2012
Territorial losses
External links and references
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San Vicente
San Vicente
San Vicente
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of San Salvador
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