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

San Vincenzo, Diocese of

SAN VINCENZO, DIOCESI DI

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SAN VINCENZO, DIOCESE OF. - Suffragan of S. Salvador, in the state of the same name (Central America). It was erected on 18 Dec. 1943.

It has an area of 5,460 sq. km. and a population of 340,000 inhabitants, of whom 321,000 are Catholics, with 18 parishes, served by 15 diocesan priests and 7 regular priests. There are 2 male religious communities and 4 female ones. The current bishop is Msgr. Pietro Arnoldo Aparicio, a Salesian, elected and consecrated in 1946 and transferred there in 1948.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Ann. Pont. 1932, p. 368.

Virginio Batterzati

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By Virginio Battezzati

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1886.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “San Vincenzo, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1886. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/san-vincenzo-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “San Vincenzo, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1886. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/san-vincenzo-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {San Vincenzo, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1886},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/san-vincenzo-diocesi-di}
}

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