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Diocese of Juigalpa

Dioecesis Iuigalpensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 30 April 1991
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Managua
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nicaragua
  • Square Kilometers: 14,022 (5,415 Square Miles)
  • Description: Chontales and Rio San Juan
  • Mailing Address: Residencia Episcopal, Curacao 1/2 Cuadra al Este, Juigalpa, Chontales, Nicaragua
  • Telephone: 2512-2442

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa
21 July 1962ErectedDiocese of Granada (Chontales and Rio San Juan) Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa (erected)
Diocese of Juigalpa
30 April 1991ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Juigalpa Diocese of Juigalpa

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa
196591,06696,06694.8%66127,5886512ap1967
197092,00098,72393.2%6615,333513ap1971
1976110,000121,66590.4%641011,0004410ap1977
1977103,290105,47097.9%67137,9458411ap1981
1987139,800156,00089.6%107178,2237410ap1991
Diocese of Juigalpa
1999199,804279,34471.5%138219,51482816ap2000
2000105,809299,34435.3%138215,03882816ap2001
2001119,170246,68348.3%138215,67482816ap2002
2002121,553259,01746.9%88167,59783916ap2003
2003131,000271,96848.2%168245,45883816ap2004
2004230,248277,40583.0%1562110,96473816ap2005
2006263,000314,00083.8%1772410,95873816ap2007
2013285,788348,52382.0%1892710,584194523ap2014
2016320,782400,97780.0%2172811,4563124127ap2017
2019319,700390,77081.8%267339,687294229ap2020
2021313,586377,34783.1%269358,959293429ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 55, Page 821, and Page 822
  • Diocese of Juigalpa
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 83, Page 641, and Page 642

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