Diocese of

Jinotega

Nicaragua Nicaragua

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Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jinotega / Xinotegan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Managua

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2005.05.10 – ...):Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (75)Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (75)

President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jinotega (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (75)Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (75)
(2005.05.10 – ...)

Bishop of Jinotega (Nicaragua)
President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

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Born:1948.12.21 (Managua, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1982.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:2005.06.24

Bishop of Jinotega (Nicaragua) (2005.05.10 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (2021.11.18 – ...)

Bishop Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez
(1991.04.30 – 2005.05.10)

Born:1929.05.19 (Nicaragua)
Ordained Priest:1955.02.06
Consecrated Bishop:1984.09.08
Died:2013.02.19 († 83)

Bishop-Prelate of Jinotega (Nicaragua) (1982.06.18 – 1991.04.30)

Bishop of Jinotega (Nicaragua) (1991.04.30 – 2005.05.10)

Prelates of Jinotega (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez
(1982.06.18 – 1991.04.30)

(see above)

Special Churches

Estelí (←), Danlí (↖), Juticalpa (↑), Siuna (↗), Matagalpa (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,755 km²

Population: 326,230 Catholics (67.7% of 482,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 35 priests (30 diocesan, 5 religious), 32 religious (5 brothers, 27 sisters), 20 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.10.01

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