Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Juigalpa | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Iuigalpensis |
Country: | Nicaragua |
Metropolitan: | Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano |
Province: | Province of Managua |
Area Km2: | 12,435 |
Population: | 314,000 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 263,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 83.8 |
Parishes: | 16 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 21 July 1962 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
Bishop: | Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballo |
Map: | Nicaragua - Diocesi di Juigalpa.png |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juigalpa (erected 21 July 1962, as the Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua. It was elevated on 30 April 1991.