Diocese of Jinotega
Xinotegan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jinotega, Nicaragua
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 June 1982
- Latin
- Xinotegan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001745
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 326,230
- Population
- 482,000
- Catholic share
- 67.7%
- Priests
- 93
- Catholics per priest
- 3,508
- Extent
- 9,755 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
- Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutierrez, O.F.M.
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 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.
The province of Managua
A suffragan of Managua.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ManaguaManagua
- Diocese of BluefieldsBluefields
- Diocese of EstelíEstelí
- Diocese of GranadaGranada
- Diocese of JuigalpaJuigalpa
- Diocese of LeónLeón
- Diocese of MatagalpaMatagalpa
- Diocese of SiunaSiuna
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Obispado, Farmacia San Rafael 1/2 Cuadra al Este, Jinotega, Nicaragua
- Telephone
- 2782-2753; fax 2782-4237
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].