Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B.

Archbishop Emeritus of Managua

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Feb 1926		Born	La Libertad (Chontales)
10 Aug 1958	32.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
18 Jan 1968	42.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
18 Jan 1968	42.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena
31 Mar 1968	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena
16 Feb 1970	44.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
4 Apr 1970	44.2	Installed	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
25 May 1985	59.3	Elevated to Cardinal
25 May 1985	59.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto
1 Apr 2005	79.2	Retired	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua

Consistory - 1985: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

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Ordained Priest by:
Giuseppe Cardinal Paupini †
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Clemente Carranza y López †
Bishop Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 †

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano
Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.
Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo
Bishop José Carmen Di Pietro Pésolo, S.D.B. †
Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano
Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.
Bishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier
Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B.
Bishop Elías Samuel Bolaños Avelar, S.D.B.
Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez
Bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jiron
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg, O.F.M. Cap. †
Oscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Bishop Carlos José Santi Brugia, O.F.M. †
Bishop Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez
Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap.

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