Roman Catholic Diocese of Bluefields


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bluefields is a Catholic diocese in Nicaragua. The Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields had been erected on December 2, 1913 and had grown to approximately 587,000 Catholics by 2017. On November 30, 2017 the Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields was elevated to a diocese and a second diocese was created, taking approximately 60% of the Catholics that had formerly been in the Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields. The current bishop is Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap.

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