Roman Catholic diocese in El Salvador
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
External links and references
- "Diocese of Santa Ana". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
