Miguel Obando y Bravo
Miguel Obando y Bravo | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Managua | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Managua |
| See | Managua |
| Appointed | 16 February 1970 |
| Installed | 4 April 1970 |
| Term ended | 1 April 2005 |
| Predecessor | Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto |
| Successor | Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 10 August 1958 by Giuseppe Paupini |
| Consecration | 31 March 1968 by Marco Antonio García y Suárez |
| Created cardinal | 25 May 1985 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miguel Obando y Bravo 2 February 1926 |
| Died | 3 June 2018 (aged 92) Managua, Nicaragua |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | Omnibus omnia factus |
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Miguel Obando y Bravo, SDB (2 February 1926 – 3 June 2018) was a Nicaraguan Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Managua from 1970 to 2005. Pope John Paul II created him a cardinal in 1985. He was a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco.