Diocese of Siuna, Nicaragua 🇳🇮

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Siuna (español) / Siunaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Managua

Neighbouring Dioceses: Matagalpa (↙), Jinotega (←), Juticalpa (↖), Trujillo (↑), Bluefields (↓)

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2017.11.30: Established as Diocese of Siuna (español) / Siunaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bluefields and became suffragan of Managua)

Bishop (2021.04.08 – ...):

Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega (56)

Bishops of Siuna (Roman Rite)

Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega (56)
(2021.04.08 – ...)

Bishop of Siuna (Nicaragua)

Priest of Matagalpa (Nicaragua) (2003.09.20 – 2021.04.08)

Bishop of Siuna (Nicaragua) (2021.04.08 – ...)

Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap. (82)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.01.09 – 2021.04.08)

Bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap.
(2017.11.30 – 2020.01.05)

Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli (2002.06.24 – 2017.11.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields (Nicaragua) (2002.06.24 – 2017.11.30)

Bishop of Siuna (Nicaragua) (2017.11.30 – 2020.01.05)

Area: 47,385 km²

Population: 295,081 Catholics (45.4% of 649,244 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes

Personnel: 19 priests (18 diocesan, 1 religious), 73 religious (39 brothers, 34 sisters), 41 seminarians