Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon
Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon O.F.M. Cap. (born December 3, 1943) is a Roman Catholic bishop.
Born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, Schmitz Simon was ordained to the priesthood on September 3, 1970 for the Capuchin order. On June 22, 1984, he was made auxiliary bishop of Elepla and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua and was ordained bishop on September 17, 1984. On July 28, 1994, he was appointed bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields.[1] On 30 November 2017, the Apostolic Vicariate was promoted as diocese, and he was appointed as first diocesan bishop. He formally retired in 12 November 2020, and was appointed as his successor.
On 9 January 2020, Pope Francis appointed him as apostolic administrator of Roman Catholic Diocese of Siuna, as former bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor died. He stayed in this post until the appointment of as new bishop.
On January 2, 1990, Bishop Schmitz was injured in an attack in Nicaragua by armed men[2] identified as "contra" fighters that led to the deaths of two Roman Catholic nuns.
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