Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos

Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua

Apostolic Administrator of Esteli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Nov 1966		Born
7 Dec 1994	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Managua, Nicaragua
8 Mar 2011	44.2	Appointed	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
2 Apr 2011	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
6 Jul 2021	54.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Esteli, Nicaragua

MicroData Summary
Rolando José Álvarez Lagos
Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos
(born 27 Nov 1966)
Bishop of Matagalpa

Ad Limina - September 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Managua, Archdiocese of Managua
Ordained Bishop San Pedro Apóstol, Cathedral, Matagalpa, Diocese of Matagalpa

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Matagalpa.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano
Archbishop of Managua
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez
Bishop of Granada
Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki
Titular Archbishop of Blera

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano (1988)
Archbishop of Managua
Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B. † (1968)
Archbishop of Managua
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega (2021)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1529019

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Mar 2011
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 205, Number 16,983
aadm: CB, 6 Jul 2021

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