What is Miguel Obando y Bravo?
'''Miguel Obando y Bravo''' (2 February 1926 – 3 June 2018) was a [[Nicaragua]]n [[prelate]] of the Catholic Church. He was the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Managua|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 (Catholicism)|cardinal]]. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the [[2005 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. He was born in [[La Libertad, Chontales|La Libertad]], [[Chontales]], [[Nicaragua]]. Obando died in Managua on 3 June 2018 of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news | work = Washington Post | access-date = 3 June 2018 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/nicaraguan-cardinal-emeritus-miguel-obando-dies-at-92/2018/06/03/158ba1f6-6739-11e8-a335-c4503d041eaf_story.html | date = 3 June 2018 | title = Nicaraguan Cardinal emeritus Miguel Obando dies at 92 | archive-date = 12 June 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142933/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/nicaraguan-cardinal-emeritus-miguel-obando-dies-at-92/2018/06/03/158ba1f6-6739-11e8-a335-c4503d041eaf_story.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{cite web| access-date = 9 November 2017| title= Obando Bravo Card. Miguel, S.D.B. |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_obando-bravo_m.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904061850/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_obando-bravo_m.html }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110501000000/https://www.ufm.edu/cms/es/honorary-doctoral-degrees Honorary Doctoral Degrees, Universidad Francisco Marroquín] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Obando Y Bravo, Miguel}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocar