Diocese of Bluefields
Bluefielden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bluefields, Nicaragua
Latin rite diocese on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, seated in Bluefields. Established as the Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields on 12 February 1913 and elevated to a diocese on 30 November 2017, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua; its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 November 2017
- Latin
- Bluefielden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000390
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 663,500
- Population
- 1,124,800
- Catholic share
- 59.0%
- Priests
- 13
- Catholics per priest
- 51,038
- Extent
- 19,965 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 33
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Francisco Jose Tigerino Davila
- Born
- 18 October 1963
- Birthplace
- Chinandega
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary stands in Bluefields, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Managua
A suffragan of Managua.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ManaguaManagua
- Diocese of EstelíEstelí
- Diocese of GranadaGranada
- Diocese of JinotegaJinotega
- Diocese of JuigalpaJuigalpa
- Diocese of LeónLeón
- Diocese of MatagalpaMatagalpa
- Diocese of SiunaSiuna
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
What is now the Diocese of Bluefields (Latin: Dioecesis Bluefieldensis) in Nicaragua began as the Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields, erected on December 2, 1913. By 2017 the vicariate had grown to roughly 587,000 Catholics, and on November 30 of that year it was raised to a diocese; at the same moment a second see, the Diocese of Siuna, was carved out, taking about 60% of the faithful formerly under the vicariate. Francisco José Tigerino Dávila is the current bishop.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].