Diocese of Juigalpa
Iuigalpen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Juigalpa, Nicaragua
Latin rite diocese seated in Juigalpa, Nicaragua. Erected as a territorial prelature on 21 July 1962 and elevated to a diocese on 30 April 1991, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua; its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 July 1962
- Latin
- Iuigalpen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001761
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 321,000
- Population
- 386,000
- Catholic share
- 83.2%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 9,171
- Extent
- 14,022 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
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
- Marcial Humberto Guzman Saballo
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 Assumption stands in Juigalpa, 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 JinotegaJinotega
- Diocese of LeónLeón
- Diocese of MatagalpaMatagalpa
- Diocese of SiunaSiuna
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 21 July 1962 as the Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa and elevated on 30 April 1991, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Juigalpa stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Residencia Episcopal, Curacao 1/2 Cuadra al Este, Juigalpa, Chontales, Nicaragua
- Telephone
- 2512-2442
- [email protected]
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].