Roman Catholic Diocese Of León In Nicaragua
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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) * Manuel Salazar y Espinoza (30 January 1973 – 19 December 1981 Resigned) * Julián Luis Barni Spotti (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

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


Auxiliary bishop

* Manuel Salazar y Espinoza (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 Parroquia Canuto in Ecuador Province of Manabi born place in 1951 of Iván Bravo Canuto is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the name Knut. As such, in those languages it refers to historical figures like Cnut the Great. Knut (Norwegian and Swedi ...
, 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) *
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(1547 − 1743) * Archdiocese of Guatemala (1743 − 1913) *Archdiocese of Managua (1913 − )


See also

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Catholic Church in Nicaragua The Catholic Church in Nicaragua is the Nicaraguan part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, curia in Rome, and the Conference of Nicaraguan Bishops. Overview According to the 2005 census, Catholics made ...


References

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