Diocese of Juigalpa, Nicaragua

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Juigalpa / Iuigalpen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Managua

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

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History

1962.07.21: Established as Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa / Iuigalpen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Granada and became suffragan of Managua)
1991.04.30: Promoted as Diocese of Juigalpa / Iuigalpen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.09.24 – ...):

Bishop Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballos (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Juigalpa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballos (59)
(2020.09.24 – ...)

Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua)

Born:	1965.02.15 (Tola, Nicaragua)
Ordained Priest:	1993.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.12.05

Priest of Granada (Nicaragua) (1993.12.04 – 2020.09.24)

Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua) (2020.09.24 – ...)

Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón (59)
(2004.10.28 – 2019.06.29)

Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

Born:	1965.04.19 (Diria, Nicaragua)
Ordained Priest:	1992.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.01.22

Priest of Granada (Nicaragua) (1992.07.11 – 2004.10.28)

Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua) (2004.10.28 – 2019.06.29)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (2008 – 2011.11)

President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (2011.11 – 2014.11.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (2017.11.15 – 2020.11)

Bishop of León (Nicaragua) (2019.06.29 – ...)

Bishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier (91)
(1995.02.28 – 2003.12.15)

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 Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla
(1991.04.30 – 1993.10.29)

Born:	1919.08.17 (Nicaragua)
Ordained Priest:	1945.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.05.06
Died:	2007.11.14 († 88)

Bishop-Prelate of Juigalpa (Nicaragua) (1970.11.16 – 1991.04.30)

Titular Bishop of Bononia (1973.01.30 – 1991.04.30)

President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (1983 – 1985)

Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua) (1991.04.30 – 1993.10.29)

Prelates of Juigalpa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla
(1970.11.16 – 1991.04.30)

(see above)

Bishop Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M.
(1962.08.14 – 1970.06.22)

Born:	1914.11.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1941.04.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.09.16
Died:	1994.11.15 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Coracesium (1962.08.14 – 1970.06.22)

Bishop-Prelate of Juigalpa (Nicaragua) (1962.08.14 – 1970.06.22)

Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua) (1970.06.22 – 1982.06.18)

Bishop of León (Nicaragua) (1982.06.18 – 1991)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Juigalpa, Chontales
National Shrine: Santuario Nacional Nuestra Señora de Cuapa, San Francisco de Cuapa, Chontales

Granada (←), Bluefields (→), Limón (↘), Ciudad Quesada (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 14,022 km²

Population: 321,000 Catholics (83.2% of 386,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 40 priests (32 diocesan, 8 religious), 2 deacons, 41 religious (8 brothers, 33 sisters), 24 seminarians