Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua


 * There is also a Diocese of Nicaragua (and a Bishop of Nicaragua) in the Anglican Church in Central America.



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

Bishops
• Diego Álvarez de Osorio (1531–1536 Died)
 * Diocese of Nicaragua
 * Erected November 3, 1534

• Francisco de Mendavia (1537–1540 Died)

• Antonio de Valdivieso (1544–1549 Died)

• ::Vicar Capitular, Father Martin Hernández de Herrera (1550–1555)

• Fernando González de Bariodero (1555– )

• ::Vicar Capitular, Father Juan Alvarez (1555–1557)

• Lázaro Carrasco (1557–1562 Died)

• Luís de la Fuente (bishop) (1564–1566 Died)

• Pedro Gómez de Córdoba (1568–1574 Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)

• Antonio de Zayas (bishop) (1575–1582 Resigned)

• Domingo de Ulloa (1585–1591 Appointed, Bishop of Popayán)

• Jerónimo de Escobar (1592–1593 Died)

• Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar (1594–1595 Resigned as Bishop Elect)

• Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo (1597–1603 Died)

• Pedro de Villarreal (1603–1619 Died)

• Benito Rodríguez Valtodano (1621–1629 Died)

• Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo (1630–1631 Died)

• Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila (1632–1632 Died)

• Fernando Núñez Sagredo (1633–1639 Died)

• Miguel de Poblete Casasola (1640 Resigned and later appointed Archbishop of Manila)

• Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño) (1644–1653 Appointed, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela)

• Tomás Manso (1658–1659 Died)

• Juan de la Torre y Castro (1661–1662 Died)

• Alfonso Bravo de Laguna (1670–1674 Died) Vicar Capitular from 1660

• Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo (1677–1683 Confirmed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)

• Juan de Rojas y Asúa (1683–1685 Died)

• Nicolás Delgado (1687–1698 Died)

• Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo (1701–1708 Appointed, Bishop of La Paz)

• Juan Benito Garret y Arlovi (1708–1716 Died)

• Andrés Quiles Galindo (1718–1719 Died)

• José Xirón de Alvarado (1721–1724 Died)

• Francisco Dionisio de Villavicencio (1726–1735 Died)

• Domingo Antonio de Zatarain (1738–1741 Died)

• Isidoro Marín Bullón y Figueroa (1743–1748 Died)

• Pedro Agustín Morell de Santa Cruz y Lora (1749–1753 Confirmed, Bishop of Santiago de Cuba)

• José Antonio Flores de Rivera (1753–1756 Died)

• Matías José de Navia Bolaños y Moscoso (1757–1762 Died)

• Juan Carlos de Vilches y Cabrera (1765–1774 Died)

• Esteban Lorenzo de Tristán y Esmenota (1775–1783 Appointed, Bishop of Durango)

• Juan Félix de Villegas (1785–1793 Appointed, Archbishop of Guatemala)

• Juan Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas y Crespo (1794–1795 Appointed, Bishop of Guadalajara)

• José Antonio de la Huerta Caso (1797–1803 Died)

• Felipe Antonio (Juan José) Pérez del Notario (1804–1806 Died)

• Nicolás García Jerez (1806–1825 Died)

• Jorge de Viteri y Ungo (1849–1853 Died)

• José Bernardo Piñol y Aycinena (1854–1867 Appointed, Archbishop of Guatemala)

• Manuel Ulloa y Calvo (1867–1879 Died)

• Francisco Ulloa y Larios (1880–1896 Retired)

• Simeón Pereira y Castellón (1902–1921 Died)


 * 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 (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, appointed Bishop of Granada in 1915
 * Octavio José Calderón y Padilla, appointed Bishop of Matagalpa in 1946

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 − )