Nicaragua

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
28 Jun 1961		Bishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier	Bishop Emeritus of Granada
22 Dec 1961		Bishop Rubén López Ardón	Bishop Emeritus of Esteli
15 Aug 1962		Archbishop Luigi Travaglino	Apostolic Nuncio
29 Jun 1969		Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio
31 May 1970		Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki	Apostolic Nuncio
3 Sep 1970		Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop Emeritus of Bluefields
16 Aug 1974		Leopoldo José Cardinal Brenes Solórzano	Archbishop of Managua
15 Aug 1976		Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.	Bishop Emeritus of Esteli
10 Jan 1982		Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Bishop of Jinotega
17 Jun 1984		Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu	Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Roman Curia
15 Jan 1985		Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua
29 Mar 1985		Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez	Bishop of Granada
15 Nov 1986		Bishop Pedro Joaquin Hernández Cantarero, C.M.F.	Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama
11 Jul 1992		Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
30 May 1993		Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag	Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal
4 Dec 1993		Bishop Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballo	Bishop of Juigalpa
7 Dec 1994		Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos	Bishop of Matagalpa
5 Jan 2002		Bishop Francisco José Tigerino Dávila	Bishop of Bluefields
20 Sep 2003		Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega	Bishop of Siuna

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