Diocese of León
Leonen(sis) in Nicaragua
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · León, Nicaragua
Latin rite diocese seated in Leon, Nicaragua, erected on 3 November 1534, one of the oldest sees in the Americas. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua and its seat is the Catedral Basilica de la Asuncion (Leon Cathedral), a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 November 1534
- Latin
- Leonen(sis) in Nicaragua
- Annuario code
- 001001985
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 820,120
- Population
- 903,425
- Catholic share
- 90.8%
- Priests
- 97
- Catholics per priest
- 8,455
- Extent
- 10,279 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 80
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
- Socrates Rene Sandigo Jiron
- Born
- 19 April 1965
- Birthplace
- Diria
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
Catedral Basilica de la Asuncion, Leon stands in León, 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 JuigalpaJuigalpa
- Diocese of MatagalpaMatagalpa
- Diocese of SiunaSiuna
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Dating to 3 November 1534, the Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua. A separate Diocese of Nicaragua, with its own Bishop of Nicaragua, also exists in the Anglican Church in Central America.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Obispado, Costado sur de Catedral, León, Nicaragua
- Telephone
- 2311.4820
- [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].