Catholic-Hierarchy DC

Diocese of Siuna

Dioecesis Siunaënsis


Show: All | General Information | Ordinaries | Historical Summary | Statistics | Affiliated Bishops, Living | Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 30 November 2017
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Managua
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nicaragua
  • Square Kilometers: 47,385 (18,302 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Casa Cural Nuestro Senor de Esquipulas, Barrio Claudia Chamorro, Siuna, Nicaragua
  • Telephone: 2790.3588

Past and Present Ordinaries


Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
30 November 2017ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Bluefields (Siuna, Rosita, Bonanza, Waslala, Mulukuku, Prinzapolka, Bocana de Paiwas, La Cruz de Río Grande, Desembocadura de Río Grande, Puerto Cabezas, and Waspam) Diocese of Siuna (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
2017363,160536,56867.7%1421622,6972417bul:30Nov2017
2020265,096590,22444.9%2132411,0452933513ap2021
2022270,430602,36044.9%2412510,8173393418ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased


Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 110, Page 473, and Page 474

============

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

============

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
[ Comments/Corrections ] Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2024
Code: web_d, v3.4.6, 4 Feb 2024; Data: 14 Apr 2024

✠