Suffragan diocese Jinotega, Nicaragua
Diocese of Jinotega
Xinotegan(us)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese seated in Jinotega, Nicaragua. Erected as a territorial prelature on 18 June 1982 and elevated to a diocese on 30 April 1991, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua; its seat is the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
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- Established
- 1982
- Catholics
- 326,230
- Priests
- 93
- Territory
- 9,755 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutierrez, O.F.M.
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist stands in Jinotega, 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.
History
First established on 18 June 1982 as the Territorial Prelature of Jinotega, this Nicaraguan jurisdiction was elevated to a diocese on 30 April 1991. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinotega is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Managua.