Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Saint Michael, Diocese of

SAN MICHELE, DIOCESI DI

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SAINT MICHAEL, Diocese of. - City and diocese of the province of the same name in El Salvador (Central America).

It has an area of 11,466 sq km with a population of 560,000 inhabitants, almost all Catholics; it has 24 parishes served by 19 diocesan priests; it has a seminary; 1 male religious community and 3 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 358). The diocese of S. M. was created by Bl. Pius X on 11 February 1913, as a suffragan of San Salvador. The first bishop was Msgr. J. Duenas y Argumedo.

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BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Cath. Enc., Supplement, p. 675; AAS, 5 (1913), p. 95.

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1795.

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Josi, Enrico. “San Michele, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1795. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/san-michele-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “San Michele, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1795. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/san-michele-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {San Michele, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
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