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Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle

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Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle
OFMCap
Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields
Church Catholic Church
See Apostolic Vicariate of Bluefields
In office May 11, 1943 – June 25, 1970
Predecessor Juan Matías Solá y Farrell
Successor Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg
Other post Titular Bishop of Caloe (1943-1970)
Orders
Ordination June 8, 1927
by Sebastian Gebhard Messmer
Consecration June 29, 1943
by James Edward Walsh
Personal details
Born September 11, 1901
New York City, New York, United States
Died June 25, 1970 (aged 68)
Puerto Cabezas, Zelaya Department, Nicaragua

Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle OFMCap (September 11, 1901 - June 25, 1970) was a Capuchin friar and a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Born in New York City, New York, United States, Niedhammer y Yaeckle was ordained to the priesthood on June 8, 1927. On May 11, 1943, he was appointed titular bishop of Caloe and bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua and was ordained bishop on June 29, 1943. He died in 1970 while still in office.[1]

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