Juan García Rodríguez

Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez (born 11 July 1948) is a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Havana since 26 April 2016. He previously served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey from 1997 to 2002 and then as archbishop of that diocese from 2002 to 2016. He is a past president of the Cuban Conference of Catholic Bishops. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 5 October 2019.


Juan García Rodríguez
Metropolitan Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana
García Rodríguez in mid-2016.
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseSan Cristóbal de la Habana
SeeSan Cristóbal de la Habana
Appointed26 April 2016
Installed22 May 2016
PredecessorJaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santi Aquila e Priscilla (2019-)
Orders
Ordination25 January 1972
by Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera
Consecration7 June 1997
by Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera
Created cardinal5 October 2019
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez

(1948-07-11) 11 July 1948
Previous post(s)
MottoVe y anuncia el Evangelio
(Go and preach the Gospel)
Coat of arms
Styles of
Juan Garcia Rodriguez
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Informal styleCardinal
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