Roman Catholic Diocese of Estelí

Diocese of Esteli Dioecesis Esteliensis
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario
Location
Country	Nicaragua
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Managua
Metropolitan	Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano
Statistics
Area	7,298 km2 (2,818 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 957,171 913,862 (95.5%)
Parishes	24
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	17 December 1962 (61 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vacant
Apostolic Administrator	Rolando José Álvarez Lagos
Bishops emeritus	Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Esteli (erected 17 December 1962) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua.

Ordinaries

• Clemente Carranza y López (12 January 1963 – 7 February 1978)
• Rubén López Ardón (2 January 1979 – 6 March 1990)
• Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B. (6 March 1990 – 6 July 2021)

External links and references

• "Diocese of Esteli". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02.