Diocese of Granada, Nicaragua

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Granada / Granaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Managua

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1913.12.02: Established as Diocese of Granada / Granaden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of León and became suffragan of Managua)
1962.07.21: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.03.11 – ...):

Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez (64)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Ordinaries

Bishops of Granada (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez (64)
(2010.03.11 – ...)

Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua)
General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1961.03.23 (San Andrés de la Palanca, Nicaragua)
Ordained Priest:	1985.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.07.13

Priest of Managua (Nicaragua) (1985.03.29 – 2000.06.17)

Titular Bishop of Theuzi (2000.06.17 – 2005.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua) (2000.06.17 – 2005.10.15)

Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua) (2005.10.15 – 2010.03.11)

Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua) (2010.03.11 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Matagalpa (Nicaragua) (2010.05 – 2011.03.08)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (2011 – 2022.10.23)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (2014.11.18 – 2017.11.15)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (2021.11.18 – ...)

Bishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier (91)
(2003.12.15 – 2010.03.11)

Bishop emeritus of Granada (Nicaragua)

Born:	1933.09.12 (Krefeld, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1961.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.04.22

Priest of Essen (Germany) (1961.06.28 – 1995.02.28)

Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua) (1995.02.28 – 2003.12.15)

Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua) (2003.12.15 – 2010.03.11)

Bishop Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M.
(1972.07.07 – 2003.12.15)

Born:	1927.06.07 (Nicaragua)
Ordained Priest:	1954.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.10.07
Died:	2016.08.05 († 89)

Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua) (1972.07.07 – 2003.12.15)

Bishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez
(1953.03.17 – 1972.07.07)

Born:	1899.02.14 (Nicaragua)
Ordained Priest:	1922.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.05.24
Died:	1972.07.11 († 73)

Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua) (1953.03.17 – 1972.07.07)

Bishop Canuto José Reyes y Balladares
(1915.07.12 – 1951.11.03)

Born:	1863.09.24 (Nicaragua)
Ordained Priest:	1887.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.11.14
Died:	1951.11.03 († 88)

Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua) (1915.07.12 – 1951.11.03)

Bishop José Cándido Piñol y Batres
(1913.12.10 – 1915.07.10)

Born:	1878.02.02 (Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1901.03.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.03.22
Died:	1970.07.27 († 92)

Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua) (1913.12.10 – 1915.07.10)

Titular Bishop of Phaselis (1915.07.10 – 1970.07.27)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo (1945.04.23 – 1953.08.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María, Granada, Granada
National Shrine: Santuario Nacional de Jesús del Rescate, Popoyuapa, Rivas
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Managua (←), Matagalpa (↑), Bluefields (↗), Juigalpa (→), Tilarán–Liberia (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,453 km²

Population: 591,540 Catholics (90.4% of 654,190 total)

Pastoral Centres: 64 parishes, 571 missions

Personnel: 98 priests (96 diocesan, 2 religious), 151 religious (2 brothers, 149 sisters), 63 seminarians