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Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg

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Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg
OFMCap
Vicar Apostolic of Bluefields
Church Catholic Church
See Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields
In office June 25, 1970 – October 22, 1993
Predecessor Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle
Successor Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon
Other post Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense (1970-1993)
Orders
Ordination 5 June 1946
by John Patrick Treacy
Consecration 12 August 1970
by Lorenzo Antonetti
Personal details
Born July 27, 1920
Campbellsport, Wisconsin, United States
Died October 22, 1993 (aged 73)

Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg OFMCap (July 27, 1920 – October 22, 1993) was a Capuchin friar and a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Born in Campbellsport, Wisconsin, United States, Schlaefer Berg was ordained a priest for the Capuchin order on June 5, 1946. On July 25, 1970, he was appointed titular bishop of Flumenpiscene and bishop of the Diocese of Bluefields, Nicaragua, on June 25, 1970, and was consecrated on August 12, 1970. He died while still in office.[1]

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