Recent Events

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano resigned as Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM), was appointed as Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation and Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University

Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama

Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde, Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau, Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritania and Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Apostolic Nuncio to Belize and Plenipotentiary Representative to Caribbean Community (CARICOM), was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua), Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council and President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D., resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, O.F.M., Bishop of Jinotega (Nicaragua), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez, Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua) and General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama, was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos, Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Estelí (Nicaragua)

Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Estelí (Nicaragua)

Fr. Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega was consecrated as Bishop of Siuna (Nicaragua)

Fr. Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega, Priest of Matagalpa (Nicaragua), was elected Bishop of Siuna (Nicaragua)

Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Siuna (Nicaragua)

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname and Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, was appointed as Plenipotentiary Representative to Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Fr. Francisco José Tigerino Dávila was consecrated as Bishop of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Fr. Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballos was consecrated as Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua)

Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Fr. Francisco José Tigerino Dávila, Priest of León (Nicaragua), was elected Bishop of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua) and Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council, was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Fr. Marcial Humberto Guzmán Saballos, Priest of Granada (Nicaragua), was elected Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua)

Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo, Bishop emeritus of León (Nicaragua), passed away at 78

Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Bluefields (Nicaragua), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Siuna (Nicaragua)

Bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Siuna (Nicaragua), passed away at 72

Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón, Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua) and President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, was appointed as Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo resigned as Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua), was appointed as Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Bishop Pedro Joaquin Hernández Cantarero, C.M.F., Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Panama

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia and Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Belize

Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Managua (Nicaragua), passed away at 92

Msgr. Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Maastricht and Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada and Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada and Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia

Msgr. Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, Priest of Pelplin (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua and Titular Archbishop of Maastricht

Apostolic Vicariate of Bluefields was promoted as Diocese of Bluefields (lost territory to establish Diocese of Siuna) (Nicaragua)

Diocese of Siuna was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bluefields and became suffragan of Managua) (Nicaragua)

Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Elepla and Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields (Nicaragua), was appointed as Bishop of Bluefields (Nicaragua)

Bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap., Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli and Auxiliary Bishop of Bluefields (Nicaragua), was appointed as Bishop of Siuna (Nicaragua)

Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title and Archpriest emeritus of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, passed away at 92

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua), was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón, Bishop of Juigalpa (Nicaragua), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago and Apostolic Delegate to Antilles

Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark, Apostolic Nuncio to Finland and Apostolic Nuncio to Norway

Bishop Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M., Bishop emeritus of Granada (Nicaragua), passed away at 89

Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title

Archbishop Paolo Giglio (吉立友), Titular Archbishop of Tindari, passed away at 89

Archbishop Luigi Travaglino resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco

Archbishop Luigi Travaglino resigned as Permanent Observer to Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D., resigned as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérez, Bishop of Granada (Nicaragua) and General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama, was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello

Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello

Cardinal Lorenzo Antonetti, Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese in Agone pro hac vice Title and Pontifical Legate emeritus for the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, passed away at 90

Bishop Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez, Bishop emeritus of Jinotega (Nicaragua), passed away at 83