Juan de Dios Hernández-Ruiz, S.J. (born November 14, 1948, in
Holguín
Holguín () is a municipality and city in Cuba, and the capital of Province of Holguín. After Havana, Santiago de Cuba, and Camagüey, it is the fourth largest city in Cuba.
History
Before Columbus, the Taino people settled in huts made fr ...
,
Cuba
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) is a
Cuban Roman Catholic bishop, currently serving as the
Bishop of Pinar del Río since his appointment by
Pope Francis
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on June 5, 2019. He previously served as the
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox a ...
of
Passo Corese and
Auxiliary Bishop of the
Archdiocese of Havana
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
.
He studied at the
Seminary of Santiago de Cuba. He was then transferred to the Seminario Mayor Interdiocesano de San Cristóbal de La Habana, where he studied philosophy and theology. He continued his studies in Rome at the
Pontifical Gregorian University
The Pontifical Gregorian University ( it, Pontificia Università Gregoriana; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana,) is a higher education ecclesiastical school (pontifical university) located i