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Nicaragua

Bishops By Age


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
31 Jul 1922 Lorenzo Cardinal AntonettiPresident Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia
27 Aug 1925 Andrea Cardinal Cordero Lanza di MontezemoloArchpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}, Roman Curia
2 Feb 1926 Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B.Archbishop Emeritus of Managua
20 Jan 1927 Archbishop Paolo GiglioApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
7 Jun 1927 Bishop Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M.Bishop Emeritus of Granada
19 May 1929 Bishop Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez VílchezBishop Emeritus of Jinotega
12 Sep 1933 Bishop Bernardo Hombach LütkermeierBishop of Granada
19 Jun 1934 Bishop Rubén López ArdónBishop Emeritus of Esteli
6 Sep 1939 Archbishop Luigi TravaglinoOfficial of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia
14 Nov 1941 Bishop César Bosco Vivas RobeloBishop of León en Nicaragua
14 May 1943 Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé GobelApostolic Nuncio to Iran
4 Dec 1943 Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap.Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields
23 Jun 1946 Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.Bishop of Esteli
11 Aug 1946 Archbishop Henryk Józef NowackiApostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua
15 Jul 1947 Bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap.Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields
21 Dec 1948 Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.Bishop of Jinotega
7 Mar 1949 Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes SolórzanoArchbishop of Managua
29 Jun 1954 Bishop Pedro Joaquin Hernández Cantarero, C.M.F.Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama
23 Mar 1961 Bishop Jorge Solórzano PérezBishop of Matagalpa
19 Apr 1965 Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo JironBishop of Juigalpa

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