Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador

Archdiocese of San Salvador Archidiœcesis Sancti Salvatoris in America Arquidócesis de San Salvador
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Savior
Location
Country	El Salvador
Territory	San Salvador Department La Libertad Department Cuscatlán Department
Ecclesiastical province	San Salvador
Metropolitan	Metropolitan Area of San Salvador
Headquarters	San Salvador City
Statistics
Area	3,295 km2 (1,272 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 3,137,000 2,322,000 (74.02%)
Parishes	162
Congregations	354
Members	1,826
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	28 September 1842 (181 years, 276 days) as Diocese of San Salvador
Cathedral	Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador (Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Savior)
Secular priests	158
Language	Spanish and Latin
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Luis Escobar Alas
Map
Website
www.arzobispadosansalvador.org

The Archdiocese of San Salvador is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. Its archepiscopal see is the Salvadoran capital, San Salvador, and the surrounding region.

The current Archbishop of San Salvador is José Luis Escobar Alas. His cathedra is in Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador, otherwise the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Saviour (Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador). The city also has a former cathedral, now the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Spanish: Basílica del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús), and a minor basilica dedicated to the Virgin of Guadelupe, the Basílica de la Ceiba de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. The Archdiocese of San Salvador is the sole metropolitan see in El Salvador, with seven suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: the Dioceses of Chalatenango, San Miguel, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Santiago de María, Sonsonate, and Zacatecoluca.

The Archdiocese of San Salvador has an unusual arrangement in which the auxiliary bishop, Gregorio Rosa Chávez, is a cardinal, whilst the archbishop is not. The Archbishop of San Salvador retains ordinary authority over the archdiocese.