Managua, Nicaragua, May 23, 2005 / 22:00 pm
During his installation Mass as Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua, Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes told those in attendance that “what the Gospel needs most is personal witnesses of the faith,” and he exhorted the faithful to be “a missionary and pilgrim Church” because Catholics “can and should be evangelizers.”
Archbishop Brenes expressed his trust in God for the grace and strength necessary to be a pastor, father and friend to those under his care.
“I ask for these prayers from the bottom of my heart, that you offer them daily for this humble servant of the Lord’s vineyard,” he added.
He also expressed his thanks to the late Pope John Paul II for his appointment as well as to the outgoing archbishop, Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, whom he considers a father.