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Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the second Cuban to hold that distinction.
Havana Cathedral is one of eleven Catholic cathedrals on the island. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral on Calle Empedrado, between San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Old Havana. The thirty by forty-nine meters rectangular church serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. Christopher Columbus’ remains were kept in the cathedral between 1796 and 1898 before they were taken to Seville Cathedral.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana is one of three Catholic archdioceses in Cuba.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinar del Rio is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in Colombia. It was established in 1562 as the Diocese of Santa Fe en Nueva Granada, elevated to an archdiocese two years later, and was given its current name in 1891. It serves nearly 3.8 million Catholics in Bogotá and parts of the Cundinamarca Department, and covers a total area of 4,109 km2. The current archbishop is Luis José Rueda Aparicio since 2020.
Braulio Orue-Vivanco was the first Bishop of the Diocese of Pinar del Río.
Agustín Aleido Román Rodríguez was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami and the Titular Bishop of Sertei.
Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Havana.
Juan de Dios Hernández-Ruiz, S.J. is the Titular Bishop of Passo Corese and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Havana. He was appointed by Pope Francis as bishop of the diocese of Pinar del Río, Cuba, on June 5, 2019.
Francisco Ricardo Oves-Fernandez was the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Havana.
Evelio Diaz-Cia was the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Havana.
San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary is a seminary in Havana, Cuba.
Bishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas.
(7 November 1871 in Pinar del Río, Cuba - 14 March 1937 in Matanzas, Cuba) was the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas (1915–1937). His parents were Juan Sainz y María Antonia Bencomo.
Fr. Eduardo Najarro Reyes, S.J. ; 8 de mayo de 2020, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana) was the Rector of San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary since March 2007 until November 2008.
Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Havana on 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.
Félix Varela y Morales was a Cuban Catholic prelate and independence leader in his homeland who is regarded as a notable figure in the Catholic Church in both his native Cuba and the United States.
The Theological Seminary of Bogotá, commonly known as the Major Seminary of Bogotá is a Roman Catholic major seminary located in Bogotá, Colombia, and serving both the Archdiocese of Bogotá and the Diocese of Facatativá. With history dating back to 1581, it is the oldest seminary in the Americas, and today is the largest and most prominent seminaries in Colombia, with dozens of alumni having been appointed bishops, archbishops, and cardinals. In addition to religious leaders, two Colombian presidents have been associated with the seminary. José Manuel Marroquín, the 27th President of Colombia, studied there in the 1840s, and Miguel Abadía Méndez, who was president in the 1920s, taught Latin at the seminary in the early 20th century.
Valentín de la Asunción Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, OCD was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church, born in the Basque Country. He served as Bishop of Camagüey from 1914 to 1922, Bishop of Cienfuegos from 1922 to 1925, and Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba from 1925 to 1948.
Antonio Claudio Álvarez de Quiñones was a Spanish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in what is now the Dominican Republic and Colombia.
