Rolando José Álvarez Lagos (born 27 November 1966) is a Nicaraguan prelate of the Catholic Church. He has served as the Bishop of Matagalpa since 2011 and apostolic administrator of Estelí since 2021.

Feb 11, 2023 · El obispo nicaragüense Rolando Álvarez, de 57 años, fue desterrado al Vaticano este fin de semana tras más de 500 días de detención entre arresto domiciliario y cárcel.

Jan 15, 2024 · MEXICO CITY (OSV News) — Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa has been released from prison and sent into exile along with 18 imprisoned churchmen as the Nicaraguan government expelled its most prominent critic, whose presence behind bars bore witness to the Sandinista regime descent into totalitarianism, along with its unrelenting ...

Feb 11, 2023 · Bishop Rolando Álvarez refused to leave with the rest of the 222 political prisoners flown to the U.S. on Thursday.

Jul 6, 2023 · Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos was sent back to prison Wednesday after negotiations between the Nicaraguan bishops and the government of dictator Daniel Ortega broke down ...

Feb 11, 2023 · Rolando Alvarez was sentenced to more than 26 years in prison, a day after the cleric and critic of President Daniel Ortega declined to be expelled to the United States as part of a...

Oct 3, 2024 · Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos is once again in the news after Pope Francis appointed him to participate in the second session of the Synod on Synodality, which got underway this week at the...

Jan 14, 2024 · On February 10, 2023, a court sentenced Álvarez to 26 years in prison after he declined to be exiled to the United States in a prisoner release the day before. Álvarez was reportedly convicted of several charges, including treason, undermining national integrity and spreading false news.

Feb 11, 2023 · Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez, an outspoken critic of Nicaragua’s government, has been sentenced to 26 years in prison and stripped of his Nicaraguan citizenship.

Feb 10, 2023 · The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua sentenced on Friday, Feb. 10, the bishop of Matagalpa, Rolando Álvarez Lagos, to 26 years and four months in prison, charging him with being a ...