Diocese of Estelí, Nicaragua

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Estelí / Estelien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Managua

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1962.12.17: Established as Diocese of Estelí / Estelien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of León and became suffragan of Managua)

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2021.07.06 – ...):	Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos (57) Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

Bishops of Estelí (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos (57)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.07.06 – ...)

Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B. (77)
(1990.03.06 – 2021.07.06)

Bishop emeritus of Estelí (Nicaragua)

Titular Bishop of Cœliana (1988.02.13 – 1990.03.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua) (1988.02.13 – 1990.03.06)

Bishop of Estelí (Nicaragua) (1990.03.06 – 2021.07.06)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (1999 – 2002)

Bishop Rubén López Ardón (89)
(1979.01.02 – 1990.03.06)

Bishop emeritus of Estelí (Nicaragua)

Priest of Estelí (Nicaragua) (1961.12.22 – 1979.01.02)

Bishop of Estelí (Nicaragua) (1979.01.02 – 1990.03.06)

Bishop Clemente Carranza y López
(1963.01.12 – 1978.02.07)

Bishop of Estelí (Nicaragua) (1963.01.12 – 1978.02.07)

León (↙), Choluteca (←), Danlí (↑), Jinotega (→), Matagalpa (↘)

Area: 7,298 km²

Population: 1,143,000 Catholics (80.7% of 1,416,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes

Personnel: 60 priests (39 diocesan, 21 religious), 5 deacons, 65 religious (28 brothers, 37 sisters), 45 seminarians