Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador

The Archdiocese of San Salvador (Latin: Sancti Archidioecesis Salvatoris in America ) is an Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in El Salvador.

The Archdiocese was on 28 September in 1842 by Pope Gregory XVI. as Diocese of San Salvador ( " Sancti Salvatoris in America" ​​) founded in the Archdiocese of Guatemala out. First bishop was Jorge de Viteri y Ungo. By Pope Pius X. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese on February 11, 1913; first Archbishop Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar was.

Several suffragan dioceses were established, namely the diocese of San Miguel and the Diocese of Santa Ana ( 1913), the Diocese of San Vicente ( 1943), the Diocese of Santiago de María (1954 ), the Diocese of Sonsonate (1986 ), the bishoprics of Chalatenango and Zacatecoluca ( 1987).

Bishops of San Salvador

  • Jorge de Viteri y Ungo (1843-1846)
  • Tomás Miguel Pineda y Saldaña (1853-1875)
  • José Luis Rodríguez Cárcamo y (1875-1885)
  • Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar (1888-1913)

Archbishops of San Salvador

  • Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar (1913-1926)
  • José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez (1927-1938)
  • Luis Chávez y González (1938-1977)
  • Oscar Romero y Galdamez Amulfo (1977-1980)
  • Arturo Rivera y Damas SDB (1983-1994)
  • Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, 1994-2008
  • José Luis Escobar Alas, since 2008
Vicar general Friar Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalatenango Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel (El Salvador) Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Ana Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsonate Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacatecoluca Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guatemala
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