Leopoldo José Cardinal Brenes Solórzano

Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua

Cardinal-Priest of San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Mar 1949		Born
13 Jan 1974	24.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Managua, Nicaragua
16 Aug 1974	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Managua, Nicaragua
13 Feb 1988	38.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
13 Feb 1988	38.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maturba
19 Mar 1988	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maturba
2 Nov 1991	42.6	Appointed	Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
1 Apr 2005	56.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
21 May 2005	56.2	Installed	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
22 Feb 2014	64.9	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 2014	64.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello
5 Oct 2014	65.5	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello

MicroData Summary
Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano
Leopoldo José Cardinal Brenes Solórzano
(born 7 Mar 1949)
Archbishop of Managua

Event Place
Birth Place Ticuantepe

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Managua.

a priest for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Managua
Principal Consecrator:
Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Managua
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paolo Giglio †
Titular Archbishop of Tyndaris
Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of San Salvador

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (2005)
Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D. (2009)
Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos (2011)
Bishop Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballo (2020)
Bishop Francisco José Tigerino Dávila (2021)
Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez (2000)
Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón (2005)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ticuantepe

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q723775

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 116, Number 10,338
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
c: Bollettino, 12 Jan 2014
cp: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2014
i: Bollettino, 26 Sep 2014
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 236, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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