Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino

Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (18 October 1936 – 26 July 2019) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Pinar del Río and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana. Quotes The Church in Cuba is vital, but I don't think that vitality excludes difficulties, indeed I hold that vitality and difficulties are, in some way, complementary because difficulties demand effort and stir us from lethargy. I think that the difficulties experienced for many years in Cuba by the Church led us to use our pastoral imagination. An opening that is growing (March 2008) 30 Days There is always dialogue that has to do with the life of the Church, with the pastoral work and also with the life of the nation, with the economic changes, the changes that society expects and that the Church has encouraged, supported and long waited for. "The Church lives a new relationship with the state and the people": Cardinal Ortega confirmed as Archbishop of Havana (29 October 2011) Fides News Agency External links Category:1936 births Category:Roman Catholic archbishops Category:Cardinals Category:2019 deaths Category:Catholics from Cuba