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Nicaragua

Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
31 Mar 1968 Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B.Archbishop Emeritus of Managua
12 May 1968 Lorenzo Cardinal AntonettiPresident Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Roman Curia
7 Oct 1972 Bishop Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M.Bishop Emeritus of Granada
4 Jun 1977 Andrea Cardinal Cordero Lanza di MontezemoloArchpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}, Roman Curia
27 May 1979 Bishop Rubén López ArdónBishop Emeritus of Esteli
21 Nov 1981 Bishop César Bosco Vivas RobeloBishop of León en Nicaragua
8 Sep 1984 Bishop Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez VílchezBishop Emeritus of Jinotega
17 Sep 1984 Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap.Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields
8 Jun 1986 Archbishop Paolo GiglioApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
19 Mar 1988 Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes SolórzanoArchbishop of Managua
19 Mar 1988 Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.Bishop of Esteli
26 Apr 1992 Archbishop Luigi TravaglinoOfficial of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia
6 Jan 1994 Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé GobelApostolic Nuncio to Iran
22 Apr 1995 Bishop Bernardo Hombach LütkermeierBishop of Granada
13 Jul 2000 Bishop Jorge Solórzano PérezBishop of Matagalpa
19 Mar 2001 Archbishop Henryk Józef NowackiApostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua
13 Sep 2002 Bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap.Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields
22 Jan 2005 Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo JironBishop of Juigalpa
19 Mar 2005 Bishop Pedro Joaquin Hernández Cantarero, C.M.F.Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama
24 Jun 2005 Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.Bishop of Jinotega

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