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Bishops

;Diocese of Nicaragua ;Erected November 3, 1534 ;Diocese of León en Nicaragua ;Name changed: December 2, 1913 * Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga (21 November 1921 – 28 March 1945 Died) * Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes (13 June 1946 – 14 April 1969 Resigned) *

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(30 January 1973 – 19 December 1981 Resigned) *

Julián Luis Barni Spotti Julián is the Spanish equivalent of the name Julian. Notable people with the name include: * Julián, Julián Cuesta, Spanish footballer * Julián Orbón (1925–1991) Cuban composer * Julián Carrón (1950) Spanish Catholic theologian * Julián ...

, O.F.M. (18 June 1982 – 2 April 1991 Retired) *

César Bosco Vivas Robelo César Bosco Vivas Robelo (14 November 1941 – 23 June 2020) was a Nicaraguan Roman Catholic bishop. Robelo was born in Masaya, Nicaragua and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archd ...

(2 April 1991 – 29 June 2019 Retired) * Sócrates René Sandigo Jirón (29 June 2019 – present)

Coadjutor bishops

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(1865-1867) * Simeón Pereira y Castellón (1895-1902)

Auxiliary bishop

(1969-1973), appointed Bishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Isidro Carrillo y Salazar, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Managua in 1913 * Canuto José Reyes y Balladares, appointed Bishop of Granada in 1915 * Octavio José Calderón y Padilla, appointed Bishop of Matagalpa in 1946

Territorial losses

Metropolitans

Since it was erected, the see has had four metropolitans. *

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(1534 − 1547) * Archdiocese of Lima (1547 − 1743) * Archdiocese of Guatemala (1743 − 1913) *Archdiocese of Managua (1913 − )

References

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