Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Feb 1926		Born
10 Aug 1958	32.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
18 Jan 1968	41.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
18 Jan 1968	41.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena
31 Mar 1968	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena
16 Feb 1970	44.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
4 Apr 1970	44.1	Installed	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
25 May 1985	59.3	Elevated to Cardinal
25 May 1985	59.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto
1 Apr 2005	79.1	Retired	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
3 Jun 2018	92.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

MicroData Summary for Miguel Obando Bravo
(VIAF: 30340924; WikiData: Q888064)
Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo S.D.B. (born 2 Feb 1926, died 3 Jun 2018) Archbishop Emeritus of Managua

Consistory - 1985: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place La Libertad (Chontales), Diocese of Granada
Ordained Bishop Saint Peter, Cathedral, Matagalpa, Diocese of Matagalpa
Death Place Managua, Archdiocese of Managua

a priest for 59.8 years
a bishop for 50.1 years
a cardinal for 33.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giuseppe Paupini †
Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez †
Bishop of Granada
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Clemente Carranza y López †
Bishop of Esteli
Bishop Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. †
Titular Bishop of Coracesium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez † (1953)
Bishop of Granada
Archbishop Antonio Taffi † (1947)
Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis
Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella † (1919)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Secretary of State
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Leopoldo José Cardinal Brenes Solórzano (1974)
Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. † (1976)
Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez (1985)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo † (1981)
Bishop José Carmen Di Pietro Pésolo, S.D.B. † (1986)
Leopoldo José Cardinal Brenes Solórzano (1988)
Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B. (1988)
Bishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier (1995)
Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. † (1997)
Bishop Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B. (1998)
Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez (2000)
Bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap. † (2002)
Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón (2005)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg, O.F.M. Cap. † (1970)
Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (1978)
Bishop Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. † (1982)
Bishop Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez † (1984)
Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap. (1984)

Event	Place
Birth Place	La Libertad (Chontales), Diocese of Granada
Ordained Bishop	Saint Peter, Cathedral, Matagalpa, Diocese of Matagalpa
Death Place	Managua, Archdiocese of Managua

Source(s):

d: CB, 3 Jun 2018
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 236, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 4, Number 169

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