Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle

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(September 11, 1901 - June 25, 1970) was a Capuchin

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and a bishop of the

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. Born in

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, Niedhammer y Yaeckle was ordained to the priesthood on June 8, 1927. On May 11, 1943, he was appointed

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of Caloe and bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields,

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and was ordained bishop on June 29, 1943. He died in 1970 while still in office.Matteo Aloisio Niedhammer y Yaeckle
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1901 births 1970 deaths Religious leaders from New York City 20th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Nicaragua Capuchin bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Bluefields {{Nicaragua-RC-bishop-stub