Convallaria

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

External links and references

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