Diocese of Estelí
Estelien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Estelí, Nicaragua
Latin rite diocese seated in Esteli, Nicaragua, erected on 17 December 1962. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua and its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. The see is vacant, with Bishop Rolando Jose Alvarez Lagos of Matagalpa serving as apostolic administrator from exile.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 December 1962
- Latin
- Estelien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001379
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,143,000
- Population
- 1,416,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.7%
- Priests
- 57
- Catholics per priest
- 20,053
- Extent
- 7,298 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 157
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary stands in Estelí, 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 GranadaGranada
- Diocese of JinotegaJinotega
- Diocese of JuigalpaJuigalpa
- Diocese of LeónLeón
- Diocese of MatagalpaMatagalpa
- Diocese of SiunaSiuna
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Obispado, Comarca San Ramon Km. 151, Carretera Panamericana Norte, Estelí, Nicaragua
- Telephone
- 8433-85-77
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices 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.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.