Miguel Obando y Bravo
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His Eminence Miguel Obando y Bravo SDB |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua | |
| Archdiocese | Managua |
| See | San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto |
| 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 posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto |
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| Ordination | 10 August 1958 by Giuseppe Paupini |
| Consecration | 31 March 1968 by Marco Antonio García y Suárez |
| Created Cardinal | 25 May 1985 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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2 February 1926 La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua |
| Nationality | Nicaraguan |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | omnibus omnia factus |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Miguel Obando y Bravo (born 2 February 1926) is a Nicaraguan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Managua from 1970 until his resignation on 12 March 2005. On 25 May 1985, he was selected by Pope John Paul II to be cardinal in Central America. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI. In 1986 Universidad Francisco Marroquín honored Obando with an honorary doctoral degree due to his commitment to individual freedom.
Obando was born in La Libertad, Chontales Department. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Puzia di Bizacena and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Matagalpa on 18 January 1968. He was consecrated on 31 March 1968, by Marco Antonio García y Suárez, bishop of Granada, assisted by Clemente Carranza y López, bishop of Estelí, and by Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M., prelate of Juigalpa. His episcopal motto is Omnibus omnia factus. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Managua on 16 February 1970 by Pope Paul VI. He was elected as president of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, 1971–1974; and 1979–1983. He was also elected as president of the Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panamá serving from 1976–1980. In 1979 he received the Bruno Kreysky Award for peace and freedom, Vienna, Austria, the Plaque for Peace and Freedom of the Nicaraguan People, San Francisco, United States of America, 1980; the Letter of Brotherhood of the Piarist Society, Managua, 1980; the Venezuelan Order of Francisco Miranda, 1981; the Distinction of Loyalty to the Pope, the Church and the Nicaraguan People, Central of Nicaraguan Workers (CTN), 1982. He was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto on 25 May 1985, becoming the first Nicaraguan cardinal.
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