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Archdiocese of Managua

Managuen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Managua, Nicaragua

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese seated in Managua, Nicaragua, erected on 2 December 1913. Its suffragans are Bluefields, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Juigalpa, Leon en Nicaragua and Matagalpa, and its seat is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
2 December 1913
Latin
Managuen(sis)
Annuario code
001002131

The see in figures

Catholics
2,331,000
Population
2,733,000
Catholic share
85.3%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
253
Catholics per priest
9,213
Extent
5,157 km²
Catholics per km²
452

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

Archbishop
Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano
Born
7 March 1949
Birthplace
Ticuantepe

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

Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Managua, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Erected on 2 December 1913, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Managua serves as a metropolitan diocese whose suffragan sees include Bluefields, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Juigalpa, León en Nicaragua and Matagalpa.

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.

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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].