Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg
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Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg O.F.M. Cap. (July 27, 1920 – October 22, 1993) was a
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bishop. Born in
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, Schlaefer Berg was ordained a priest for the Capuchin order on June 5, 1946. On July 25, 1970, he was appointed
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of ''Flumenpiscene and bishop of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields,
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, on June 25, 1970 and was ordained bishop on August 12, 1970. He died while still in office.Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg
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1920 births 1993 deaths People from Campbellsport, Wisconsin American Roman Catholic priests 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Nicaragua Catholics from Wisconsin Capuchin bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Bluefields {{Nicaragua-RC-bishop-stub