Background
Simon, Pablo Ervin Schmitz was born on December 4, 1943 in Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin, United States.
Simon, Pablo Ervin Schmitz was born on December 4, 1943 in Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin, United States.
Ordained priest Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, 1970. Missionary priest in Nicaragua. Ordained bishop, 1984.
Auxiliary bishop Vicariate Apostolic of Bluefields, Nicaragua, 1984—1994, vicar apostolic, since 1994.