Gustavo García-Siller
San Luis Potosí, Mexico | |
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| Motto | Ven Holy Spirit ven (Come Holy Spirit, come!) |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency | |
| Religious style | Archbishop | |
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Gustavo Garcia-Siller,
Biography
Early life
The eldest of fifteen children,
Priesthood
Garcia-Siller was
Returning to the United States in 1990, Garcia-Siller was named as rector of the Holy Spirit Missionaries' houses of studies in Lynwood and Long Beach, California, and in Portland, Oregon.[5] On December 15, 1998, Garcia-Siller became a citizen of the United States.[6]
In 1999, Garcia-Siller was appointed rector of the Missionaries theologate in Oxnard, California, also serving pastoral roles in three parishes of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The Missionaries named him as superior of their vicariate for the United States and Canada in 2002.[2]
Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
On January 24, 2003, Garcia-Siller was appointed
Archbishop of San Antonio
On October 14, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named Garcia-Siller to succeed José Gómez as Archbishop of San Antonio. His installation took place on November 23, 2010. Along with Gómez, he is one of the highest-ranking Mexican-American bishops in the United States.
In March 2024, Garcia-Siller banned the Mission of Divine Mercy (MDM), a Catholic retreat house in New Braunfels, Texas, and the priest who was running it. MDM had refused to delete a posting on its website in which a member said that God told him Pope Francis was a "usurper" and an "enemy of the Church".[7]
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References
- ^ Schuck Scheiber, Carol. "Just call me Bishop Gustavo". Vision Vocation Network. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Pope Accepts Resignations of Chicago Auxiliaries, Names Three Others". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. January 24, 2003.
- ^ Garcia-Siller, Gustavo. "The vocational journey of a Chicago bishop". Oye Magazine. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ a b c "Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago – Biographical Summary". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012.
- ^ ""Garcia-Siller became a citizen of the United States of America on December 15, 1998."". Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ "Texas archbishop bans retreat center for 'false teachings' about pope". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
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