Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua

Diocese of León in Nicaragua Dioecesis Leonensis in Nicaragua
Catedral Basílica de la Asunción
Location
Country	Nicaragua
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Managua
Metropolitan	Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano
Statistics
Area	9,862 km2 (3,808 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 784,318 667,000 (85%)
Parishes	47
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	3 November 1534 (481 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica de la Asunción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	César Bosco Vivas Robelo
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Basilica of the Immaculate Conception

The Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua (erected 3 November 1534) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua.^[1][2]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Nicaragua

Erected November 3, 1534

• Venerable Diego Alvarez de Osorio (26 Feb 1531 - May 1536 Died)
• Francisco de Mendavia, O.S.H. (5 Dec 1537 - 6 Oct 1540 Died)
• Antonio de Valdivieso, O.P. (29 Feb 1544 - 26 Feb 1549 Died)
• Fernando González de Bariodero (18 Dec 1555 Appointed - )
• Lázaro Carrasco ( 1556 - 20 Nov 1562 Died)
• Fernando González de Bariodero (2 May 1556 Ordained Bishop - )
• Luís de la Fuente (bishop) (Fuentes) (28 Apr 1564 - Dec 1566 Died)
• Pedro Gómez de Córdoba, O.S.H. (2 Jun 1568 - 18 Jun 1574 Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)
• Antonio de Zayas (bishop), O.F.M. (19 Jan 1575 - 8 Mar 1582 Resigned)
• Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. (4 Feb 1585 - 9 Dec 1591 Appointed, Bishop of Popayán)
• Jerónimo de Escobar, O.S.A. (22 May 1592 - 19 Mar 1593 Died)
• Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar (31 Mar 1594 - 1595 Resigned)
• Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo, O.F.M. (28 Jul 1597 - 1603 Died)
• Pedro de Villarreal (22 Oct 1603 - 1619 Died)
• Benito Rodriguez Valtodano (Baltodano), O.S.B. (17 Mar 1621 - 1629 Died)
• Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo, O.F.M. (12 Aug 1630 - 5 Jul 1631 Died)
• Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila (29 Mar 1632 - 19 Nov 1632 Died)
• Fernando Núñez Sagredo, O.SS.T. (14 Mar 1633 - 31 Mar 1639 Died)
• Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M. (14 Nov 1644 - 18 Aug 1653 Appointed, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela)
• Tomás Manso, O.F.M. (29 Apr 1658 - 1659 Died)
• Juan de la Torre y Castro, O.F.M. (19 Dec 1661 - Dec 1662 Died)
• Alfonso Bravo de Laguna, O.F.M. (1 Sep 1670 - 9 Jun 1674 Died)
• Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. (13 Sep 1677 - 15 Feb 1683 Confirmed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)
• Juan de Rojas y Asúa, O. de M. (8 Mar 1683 - 25 Nov 1685 Died)
• Nicolás Delgado, O.F.M. (12 May 1687 - 25 Nov 1698 Died)
• Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. (21 Nov 1701 - 14 May 1708 Appointed, Bishop of La Paz)
• Juan Benito Garret y Arlovi, O. Praem. (3 Oct 1708 - 7 Oct 1716 Died)
• Andrés Quiles Galindo, O.F.M. (9 Feb 1718 - 2 Jul 1719 Died)
• José Xirón de Alvarado, O.P. (28 May 1721 - 21 Jun 1724 Died)
• Francisco Dionisio de Villavicencio, O.S.A. (1 Jul 1726 Appointed - 25 Dec 1735 Died)
• Domingo Antonio de Zatarain (3 Mar 1738 - 6 Feb 1741 Died)
• Isidoro Marín Bullón y Figueroa (2 Dec 1743 - 19 Jul 1748 Died)
• Pedro Agustín Morell de Santa Cruz y Lora (20 Oct 1749- 28 May 1753 Confirmed, Bishop of Santiago de Cuba)
• José Antonio Flores de Rivera (23 Jul 1753 - Dec 1756 Died)
• Matías José de Navia Bolaños y Moscoso, O.S.A. (26 Sep 1757 - 2 Feb 1762 Died)
• Juan Carlos de Vilches y Cabrera (27 Mar 1765 - 14 Apr 1774 Died)
• Esteban Lorenzo de Tristán y Esmenota (11 Sep 1775 - 15 Dec 1783 Appointed, Bishop of Durango)
• Juan Félix de Villegas (14 Feb 1785 - 23 Sep 1793 Appointed, Archbishop of Guatemala)
• Juan Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas y Crespo (12 Sep 1794 - 18 Dec 1795 Appointed, Bishop of Guadalajara)
• José Antonio de la Huerta Caso (24 Jul 1797 - 25 May 1803 Died)
• Felipe Antonio (Juan José) Pérez del Notario (28 May 1804 - 15 May 1806 Died)
• Nicolás García Jerez, O.P. (17 Nov 1806 - 31 Jul 1825 Died)
• Jorge de Viteri y Ungo (5 Nov 1849 - 25 Jul 1853 Died)
• José Bernardo Piñol y Aycinena (30 Nov 1854 - 20 Sep 1867 Appointed, Archbishop of Guatemala)
• Manuel Ulloa y Calvo (20 Sep 1867 Succeeded - 25 Jan 1879 Died)
• Francisco Ulloa y Larios (19 Oct 1880 - 25 Jul 1896 Retired)
• Simeón Pereira y Castellón (30 Jul 1902 - 29 Jan 1921 Died)

Diocese of León en Nicaragua

Name changed: December 2, 1913

• Agustin Nicolas Tijerino y Loáisiga (21 Nov 1921 - 28 Mar 1945 Died)
• Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes (13 Jun 1946 - 14 Apr 1969 Resigned)
• Manuel Salazar y Espinoza (30 Jan 1973 - 19 Dec 1981 Resigned)
• Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. (18 Jun 1982 - 2 Apr 1991 Retired)
• César Bosco Vivas Robelo (2 Apr 1991 - )

Territorial losses

Metropolitans

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

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

References