gcatholic.org

Catholic Church in Nicaragua

Also known as: le Nicaragua (français), Nicaragua (Deutsch, español, Italiano, latine), Nikaragua (polski), Nicarágua (Português), 尼加拉瓜 (正體中文), ニカラグア (日本語)

Celebrations

Documents and Celebrations Text

Papal Visits


Geography

Cultural Summary

Religions: Roman Catholic 50%, Evangelical 33.2%, other 2.9%, unspecified 13.2%, none 0.7%

Languages: Spanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%, other 0.5%

Ethnic Groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%

Motto: En Dios Confiamos (Spanish) (In God We Trust)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 130,000 km²

Catholic Population: 5,962,000 Catholics (89.1% of 6,694,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 406 parishes, 630 mission stations (without resident priest), 1,196 other centres

Clergy: 13 bishops (8 diocesan, 5 titular), 688 priests (560 diocesan, 128 religious), 20 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 863 religious (39 brothers, 824 sisters), 9 members of secular institutes (1 brother, 8 sisters), 458 major seminarians, 11,387 missionaries, 21,279 catechists