Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Ana
Diocese of Santa Ana Dioecesis Sanctae Annae  | |
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Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana  | |
| Location | |
| Country | El Salvador | 
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Salvador | 
| Metropolitan | José Luis Escobar Alas | 
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,272 km2 (1,263 sq mi) | 
Population
 
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| Parishes | 58 | 
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church | 
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church | 
| Rite | Roman Rite | 
| Established | 11 February 1913 (112 years ago) | 
| Cathedral | The Cathedral of Our Lady Saint Anne | 
| Secular priests | 113 | 
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV | 
| Bishop | Miguel Angel Moran Aquino | 
| Bishops emeritus | Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M | 
| Map | |
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The Diocese of Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana was erected on 11 February 1913.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Giacomo Richardo Vilanova y Meléndez (1914–1953)
 - Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I. (1954–1981)
 - Marco René Revelo Contreras (1981–1998)
 - Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. (1999–2016)
 - Miguel Angel Moran Aquino (2016– )
 
Auxiliary bishops
- Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.J. (1952–1954), appointed Bishop of Santa Ana
 - Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. (1961-1965), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel
 - Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, O.F.M. (1984–1995), appointed Archbishop of San Salvador
 - Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. (2003–2007), appointed Bishop of Chalatenango
 - José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (2008–2009), appointed Bishop of San Vicente
 
Territorial losses
| Year | Along with | To form | 
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| 1986 | Diocese of Sonsonate | 
External links and references
- "Diocese of Santa Ana". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
 
 
