Roman Catholic Diocese of Granada

For the archdiocese in Spain, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Granada. For the diocese in Colombia, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Granada en Colombia.

Diocese of Granada Dioecesis Granadensis Diócesis de Granada
Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Location
Country	Nicaragua
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Managua
Metropolitan	Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano
Statistics
Area	7,453 km2 (2,878 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 526,132 431,587 (82%)
Parishes	35
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	2 December 1913 (110 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jorge Solórzano Pérez
Bishops emeritus	Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Granada (erected 2 December 1913) in Nicaragua is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Managua.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• José Candida Piñol y Batres (1913–1915)
• Canuto José Reyes y Balladares (1915–1951)
• Marco Antonio García y Suárez (1953–1972)
• Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. (1972–2003)
• Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier (2003–2010)
• Jorge Solórzano Pérez (since 2010)

Auxiliary bishop

• Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo (1945-1953), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Managua

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón, appointed Bishop of Juigalpa in 2004
• Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballo, appointed Bishop of Juigalpa in 2020

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1962		Territorial Prelature of Juigalpa

External links and references

• "Diocese of Granada". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-03.