Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsonate

The Diocese of Sonsonate 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 Sonsonate was erected on 31 May 1986.

Diocese of Sonsonate Dioecesis Sonsonatensis
Location
Country	El Salvador
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San Salvador
Metropolitan	José Luis Escobar Alas
Statistics
Area	1,225 km2 (473 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 548,000 439,000 (80.1%)
Parishes	26
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	31 May 1986 (39 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Constantino Barrera Morales
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Ordinaries

• José Carmen Di Pietro Pésolo, S.D.B. (1986–1989)
• José Adolfo Mojica Morales (1989–2011)
• Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (2011–2012); Apostolic Administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis"; concurrently Military Ordinary of El Salvador
• Constantino Barrera Morales (2012–present); Bishop-elect; formerly Rector of the Salvadoran National Major Seminary, "San Jose de la Montana"