Conferencia Episcopal de Nicaragua (C.E.N.)

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (English)

Country: Nicaragua

Address: Apartado postal 2407, de Gasolinera uno Guanacaste 1 cuadraal Norte, ½ cuadra al Este, Managua, Nicaragua

Phone: 2266.8103

Websites:

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Present Officials

President (2021.11.18 – ...):

Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (77)

Bishop of Jinotega (Nicaragua)

Vice-President (2021.11.18 – ...):

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano (77)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello

Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua)

General Secretary (2021.11.18 – ...):

Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez (65)

Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua)

Past Officials

President: Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano (77) (2020.11 – 2021.11.18)
President: Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón (61) (2017.11.15 – 2020.11)
President: Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano (77) (2014.11.18 – 2017.11.15)
President: Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón (61) (2011.11 – 2014.11.18)
President: Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano (77) (later Cardinal) (2005.11 – 2011.11)
President: Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo (2005.10 – 2005)
President: Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. (1999 – 2005)
President: Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo (1997 – 1999)
President: Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. (1993 – 1997)
President: Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo (1991 – 1993)
President: Bishop Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg, O.F.M. Cap. (1989 – 1991)
President: Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. (1985 – 1989)
President: Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla (1983 – 1985)
President: Archbishop Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. (later Cardinal) (1979 – 1983)
President: Bishop Manuel Salazar y Espinoza (1975 – 1979)
President: Archbishop Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. (later Cardinal) (1971 – 1975)
President: Bishop Donaldo Chávez Núñez (later Fr.) (1969 – 1971)
President: Bishop Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes (1968 – 1969)
President: Archbishop Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto (1963 – 1968.06.17)
Vice-President: Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo (2011? – ?)
General Secretary: Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D. (68) (2017.11.15 – 2021.11.18)
General Secretary: Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez (65) (2014.11.18 – 2017.11.15)
General Secretary: Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D. (68) (2011 – 2014.11.18)
General Secretary: Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón (61) (2008 – 2011.11)
General Secretary: Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B. (80) (1999 – 2002)

Last updated on 2026.09.04