# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rolando-jose-alvarez-lagos
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:15:10.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rolando-jose-alvarez-lagos"
name: "Rolando José Álvarez Lagos"
slug: "rolando-jose-alvarez-lagos"
description: "Rolando José Álvarez Lagos 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. He is a longtime opponent of the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. In February 2023, after being held under house arrest for six months, he refused to join a group of political prisoners released into U.S. custody and was sentenced for treason to 26 years in prison. He was exiled to Vatican City in January 2024."
tagline: "IX Bishop of Matagalpa"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monse%C3%B1or_Rolando_Alvarez.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1966-11-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump