Roman Catholic Diocese of Estelí

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Parishes 24 Rite Roman Rite Country Nicaragua		Denomination Roman Catholic Area 7,298 km²

Metropolitan Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)957,171913,862 (95.5%) Established 17 December 1962 (54 years ago) Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara Ecclesiastical provinces Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Managua, Leopoldo Brenes

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Esteli (erected 17 December 1962) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua.

Ordinaries

Clemente Carranza y López (1963 - 1978)

Rubén López Ardón (1979 - 1990)

Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B. (1990 - )

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