Miguel Obando y Bravo

His Eminence

Miguel Obando y Bravo

Cardinal, Archbishop of Managua
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseManagua
SeeManagua
Appointed16 February 1970
Installed4 April 1970
Term ended1 April 2005
PredecessorVicente Alejandro González y Robleto
SuccessorLeopoldo José Brenes Solórzano
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination10 August 1958
by Giuseppe Paupini
Consecration31 March 1968
by Marco Antonio García y Suárez
Created cardinal25 May 1985
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Miguel Obando y Bravo

(1926-02-02)2 February 1926
Died3 June 2018(2018-06-03) (aged 92)
Managua, Nicaragua
DenominationRoman Catholic
MottoOmnibus omnia factus
Coat of armsMiguel Obando y Bravo's coat of arms

Miguel Obando y Bravo, SDB (2 February 1926 – 3 June 2018) was a Nicaraguan prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Managua from 1970 to 2005. Pope John Paul II created him a cardinal in 1985.