Nicaragua

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
27 May 1979		Bishop Rubén López Ardón	Bishop Emeritus of Esteli
17 Sep 1984		Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop Emeritus of Bluefields
19 Mar 1988		Leopoldo José Cardinal Brenes Solórzano	Archbishop of Managua
19 Mar 1988		Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B.	Bishop Emeritus of Esteli
26 Apr 1992		Archbishop Luigi Travaglino	Apostolic Nuncio
6 Jan 1994		Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel	Apostolic Nuncio
22 Apr 1995		Bishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier	Bishop Emeritus of Granada
13 Jul 2000		Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez	Bishop of Granada
19 Mar 2001		Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki	Apostolic Nuncio
22 Jan 2005		Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón	Bishop of León en Nicaragua
19 Mar 2005		Bishop Pedro Joaquin Hernández Cantarero, C.M.F.	Vicar Apostolic of Darién, Panama
24 Jun 2005		Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M.	Bishop of Jinotega
30 May 2009		Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua
2 Apr 2011		Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos	Bishop of Matagalpa
6 Jan 2013		Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu	Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Roman Curia
19 Mar 2018		Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag	Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal
5 Dec 2020		Bishop Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballo	Bishop of Juigalpa
23 Jan 2021		Bishop Francisco José Tigerino Dávila	Bishop of Bluefields
26 Jun 2021		Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega	Bishop of Siuna

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