Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.

Bishop of Esteli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jun 1946		Born	Managua
8 Dec 1966	20.5	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
15 Aug 1976	30.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
13 Feb 1988	41.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
13 Feb 1988	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Coeliana
19 Mar 1988	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Coeliana
6 Mar 1990	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua
5 Apr 1990	43.8	Installed	Bishop of Esteli, Nicaragua

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Esteli.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B.
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paolo Giglio
Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B. (1988)
Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B. (1968)
Bishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez † (1953)
Archbishop Antonio Taffi † (1947)
Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella † (1919)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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