Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega

Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega (born 5 March 1970) is a Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate. He has been serving as the Bishop of Siuna since 8 April 2021. He is an opponent of the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. From December 2023 he was held under arrest. On 14 January 2024, Bishop Mora was exiled to Vatican City.

Early years Bishop Mora was born on 5 March 1970 in Matagalpa in the department of Matagalpa. He studied philosophy at the St Peter Apostle major seminary in Granada and theology at the Major Seminary of Our Lady of Fátima in Managua.

Priesthood and pastoral work Mora was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Matagalpa on 20 September 2003. Since then he held, among others, the following positions: parish vicar of St. Joseph in Matiguás and Our Lord of Esquipulas (2003–2004); parish administrator of St. Isidore and St. Dionysius in Matagalpa (2004–2006) and parish priest of St. John the Baptist in Muy Muy (2007–2008).

Since 2009 he has been parish priest of San Ramon Nonato and vicar general of his native Diocese of Matagalpa.

Bishop Fr. Mora was appointed as the second Bishop of Siuna by Pope Francis on 8 April 2021. On 14 January 2024, Ortega freed Mora, along with Álvarez, 15 priests, and two seminarians and exiled them to Vatican City.