Juan Esposito-Garcia

Styles of
**Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia**
Styles of; Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia
Reference style	His Excellency ; The Most Reverend ;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia
His Excellency, The Most Reverend ; Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington ; Titular Bishop of Tabla
Archdiocese	Washington
Appointed	December 19, 2022
Installed	February 21, 2023
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Tabla
Orders
Ordination	June 14, 2008; by Donald Wuerl
Consecration	February 21, 2023; by Wilton Daniel Gregory, Mario E. Dorsonville, and Roy Edward Campbell
Personal details
Born	January 10, 1974 (age 50); San Luis, Argentina
Previous post(s)	Official of the Dicastery for Bishops; Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Washington; Adjunct Professor of Canon Law at Mount St. Mary's Seminary;
Alma mater	Catholic University of America; Mount Saint Mary's Seminary; Catholic University of Cuyo;
Motto	Beati Pacifici; (Blessed are the peaceful)

Last updated April 13, 2024

Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia (born January 10, 1974) is an Argentine-born priest of the Catholic Church who serves as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington in the District of Columbia and Southern Maryland.

Biography

Early life

Esposito-Garcia was born on January 10, 1974, in San Luis, Argentina. He attended the Instituto Santo Tomas de Aquino in San Luis for his primary education from 1980 to 1991.^[1] After finishing university, Esposito-Garcia entered the law school of the Universidad Catolica de Cuyo in San Luis, receiving a law degree in 2003.^[1]

Having decided to become priest, Esposito-Garcia immigrated to the United States to attend Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He was awarded in 2008 a Master of Divinity degree and a Master of Arts in moral theology from the seminary.^[2]

Priesthood

On June 14, 2008, Esposito-Garcia was ordained to the priesthood at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington by Archbishop Donald Wuerl.^[3] After his 2008 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Esposito-Garcia as parochial vicar at the following parishes in Maryland:

Shrine of St. Jude in Rockville (2008 to 2010)
St. Mark the Evangelist in Hyattsville (2010 to 2012). In 2011, he earned a Licentiate of Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in Washington.
Little Flower in Bethesda and Ascension in Bowie (2014). That same year, he was also named adjunct professor of canon law and adjunct spiritual director at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary.^[2]

Starting in 2011, Esposito-Garcia served as a judge on the metropolitan tribunal for the archdiocese. In 2016, he was awarded a Doctor of Canon Law degree by Catholic University. By 2017, he had been named judicial vicar. In 2018, Esposito-Garcia traveled to Rome to serve as an official in the Dicastery for Bishops at the Vatican. ^[2]

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington

Pope Francis appointed Esposito-Garcia as an auxiliary bishop of Washington on December 19, 2022.^[2] On February 21, 2023, Esposito-Garcia was consecrated as a bishop at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington by Cardinal Wilton Gregory, with Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville and Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell acting as co-consecrators.^[3]

Esposito-Garcia speaks English, Spanish, and Italian.^[2]

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References

1 2 "Auxiliary Bishops". Archdiocese of Washington. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
1 2 3 4 5 "Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Washington". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
1 2 "Bishop Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-04-12.

External links

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[:0-1] 1 2 "Auxiliary Bishops". Archdiocese of Washington. Retrieved 2024-04-12.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Washington". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved December 19, 2022.

[:2-3] 1 2 "Bishop Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-04-12.

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