René Sócrates Sándigo Jiron

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Coat of arms of Sócrates René Sándigo Jiron as Bishop of Juigalpa

René Sócrates Sándigo Jiron (born April 19, 1965 in Diria ) is a Nicaraguan Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of León en Nicaragua .

Life

The Bishop of Granada , Leovigildo López Fitoria CM , ordained him on July 11, 1992 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Juigalpa on October 28, 2004 . He was ordained episcopal by the Archbishop of Managua , Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo SDB , on January 22nd of the following year; Co - consecrators were Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel , Apostolic Nuncio in Nicaragua , and Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano , Bishop of Matagalpa .

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of León en Nicaragua on June 29, 2019. The inauguration took place on August 24 of the same year.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di León (Nicaragua) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 29, 2019, accessed June 29, 2019 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
César Bosco Vivas Robelo Bishop of León en Nicaragua
since 2019 		---
Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier Bishop of Juigalpa
2004–2019 		---
personal data
SURNAME Sándigo Jiron, René Sócrates
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nicaraguan clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of León en Nicaragua
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Diria