Diocese of Siuna
Siunaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Siuna, Nicaragua
Latin rite diocese in the North Caribbean Coast region of Nicaragua, seated in Siuna. Erected on 30 November 2017 from territory split off the Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua; its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siuna, with the Pro-cathedral of Our Lord of Esquipulas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 November 2017
- Latin
- Siunaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005081
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 295,081
- Population
- 649,244
- Catholic share
- 45.4%
- Extent
- 47,385 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.2
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
- Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega
- Born
- 5 March 1970
- Birthplace
- Matagalpa
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 Guadalupe, Siuna stands in Siuna, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Pro-cathedral of Our Lord of Esquipulas, Siuna.
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 LeónLeón
- Diocese of MatagalpaMatagalpa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Casa Cural Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas, Barrio Claudia Chamorro, Siuna, Nicaragua
- Telephone
- 2790.3588
- [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].