Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino

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Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
Church positions
See   Havana
Title   Archbishop of Havana
Period in office   1981 – present
Raised to cardinalate   26 November 1994
Predecessor   -
Successor   incumbent
Previous post  Bishop of Pinar del Río
Personal
Date of birth   18 October, 1938
Place of birth   Cuba
Styles of
Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
See San Cristobal de la Habana

Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino (born October 18, 1938) is the Archbishop of Havana. In 1978, he was named Bishop of Pinar del Río in western Cuba by Pope John Paul II, who later promoted him to Archbishop of Havana in 1981. He was proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of Santi Aquila e Priscilla on November 26, 1994 and was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.

In the 2004 the "Institución del Mérito Humanitario" with seat in Barcelona (Spain) awards to him with the "Gran Cruz al Mérito Humanitario".

Preceded by
Francisco Oves Fernández
Archbishop of Havana
21 November 1981incumbent
Succeeded by
incumbent