Dionisio García Ibáñez
Dionisio Guillermo García Ibáñez (born January 31, 1945 in Guantánamo ) is Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba .
Life
The Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, Pedro Meurice , ordained him a priest on July 8, 1985 .
Pope John Paul II appointed him on December 9, 1995 as the first bishop of the diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo , which was established on the same date . Archbishop Meurice gave him episcopal ordination on January 27 of the following year ; Co- consecrators were Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés , auxiliary bishop in San Cristóbal de la Habana , and José Siro González Bacallao , bishop of Pinar del Río . As a motto he chose Tu brazo me sostiene .
He was appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba on February 10, 2007 and was introduced to the office on February 24 of the same year.
In 2009 he was first elected chairman of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Cuba and was confirmed in this position in the next election in November 2013.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Conferencia episcopal de Cuba reelige a Dionisio García como su presidente, in: El Confidencial of November 16, 2013, accessed on May 10, 2014 (Spanish)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| --- |
Bishop of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo 1995–2007 |
Alvaro Julio Beyra Luarca |
| Pedro Meurice |
Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba since 2007 |
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| SURNAME | García Ibáñez, Dionisio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | García Ibáñez, Dionisio Guillermo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban clergyman, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guantánamo , Cuba |