At the Vatican, the Holy See Press Office announced on November 7 that Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo García Ibá?ez as Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and ha
In remarks published the same day, García Ibá?ez said he had submitted his resignation seven years ago upon reaching the age of 75, as church law provides, and that the Holy Father has now accepted it. Santiago de Cuba is Cuba's primatial diocese, which recently celebrated its 500th anniversary.
Díaz Ruiz was born in Nuevitas, Camagüey. He began studying civil engineering, left the degree for the seminary, and trained in both Santiago and Havana before his ordination in 1989. He served as a vicar and parish priest, and was previously Bishop of Ciego de ávila before serving as Bishop of Matanzas, from which he now moves to Santiago.
The Cuban Catholic Bishops' Conference published the Holy See's appointment announcement on its website the same day. The archdiocese's patronal shrine is Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. No installation date was included in the November 7 announcement.
来源：圣座新闻室公告（教会机构） https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2026/11/07/261107a.html ；古巴天主教主教团 https://iglesiacubana.org/2026/11/07/la-santa-sede-anuncia-el-nombramiento-de-nuevo-arzobispo-de-santiago-de-cuba/
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Source: Holy See Press Office
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Photo: 古巴圣地亚哥圣母升天主教座堂。（Wikimedia Commons／CC BY-SA 3.0）|The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Santiago de Cuba. (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0)
