David Albin Zywiec Sidor,

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(July 15, 1947 – January 5, 2020) was an American-Nicaraguan

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bishop. Born in

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, Zywiec Sidor was ordained to the priesthood, for the

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, on June 1, 1974. On June 24, 2002, he was named

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of Giri Marcelli and

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of the

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, and was ordained bishop on September 13, 2002. He then served as bishop of the

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, Nicaraqua, from 2017 until his death in 2020. On 5 January 2020, Zywiec died at the Military Hospital of Nicaragua, where he was treated for a brain tumor.

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