Military Ordinariate of El Salvador

The Military Ordinariate in El Salvador (Spanish: Ordinariato Militar en El Salvador) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or military ordinariate of the Catholic Church with jurisdiction over Catholics serving in the Armed Forces of El Salvador. While not a diocese, the ordinary of the ordinariate is a bishop. The ordinariate is exempt directly to the Holy See and the Roman Congregation for Bishops.

It is headquartered Calle Los Eucaliptos y Avda. Las Gardenias 157, Colonia Las Mercedes in San Salvador, the national capital of El Salvador, in Central America.

It was established as a Military vicariate of El Salvador on 25 March 1968, with the first military vicar appointed on 4 November 1968.

It was elevated to a military ordinariate on 21 July 1986.

According to an online news brief from Catholic News Service (CNS) posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, Bishop Abarca and former guerrilla commander Raul Mijango have mediated an often-doubted but so far successful cease-fire between El Salvador's two most prominently violent gangs: MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha), and Barrio 18, which had roots in civil war-era young Salvadorans who illegally entered the U.S. and experienced the gangs there before deportation.^[1]

As per 2014, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Armed Forces of El Salvador and their families in 37 parishes with 38 priests (diocesan) and 6 seminarians.

Military Vicar of El Salvador

• José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. (appointed 4 November 1968 – see below became military ordinary 21 July 1986), Titular Bishop of Tabunia (1965年10月07日 – 1969年12月09日), also Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1965年10月07日 – 1968年11月04日)

Military Ordinaries of El Salvador

• José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, Congregation of the Mission (C.M.) (see above 21 July 1986 – resigned 7 March 1987), also Bishop of San Miguel (El Salvador) (1969年12月09日 – retired 1997年04月10日) and President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (1980 – 1983), died 2000
• Roberto Joaquín Ramos Umaña (appointed 7 March 1987 – died 23 June 1993), Titular Bishop of Sebarga (1987年03月07日 – 1993年06月23日)
• Apostolic Administrator Fernando Sáenz Lacalle (1993年07月03日 – 1997年06月19日), while first Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1984年12月22日 – 1995年04月22日) and Titular Bishop of Tabbora (1984年12月22日 – 1995年04月22日), later Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (1995年04月22日 – retired 2008年12月27日) and President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (1998 – 2008年12月27日)
• Apostolic Administrator Father Luis Morao Andreazza, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1997年06月19日 – 2003年11月12日), later Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (2003年11月12日 – 2007年04月21日) and Titular Bishop of Tullia (2003年11月12日 – 2007年04月21日), then Bishop of Chalatenango (El Salvador) (2007年04月21日 – retired 2016年07月14日)
• Apostolic Administrator Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (2003年11月12日 – 2008年02月02日 see below)
• Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca (see above, appointed 2 February 2008 – ...); also Apostolic Administrator of Sonsonate (El Salvador) (2011年10月08日 – 2012年06月11日); appointed Bishop of San Miguel 2017年12月07日

• List of Catholic dioceses in El Salvador

• Obispado Castrense en El Salvador (GCatholic.org - data for all sections)
• Military Ordinariate of El Salvador (Catholic-Hierarchy)

• Roman Catholic dioceses in El Salvador
• Military ordinariates

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