Juan Esposito-Garcia

Catholic bishop

Official of the Dicastery for Bishops
Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Washington
Adjunct Professor of Canon Law at Mount St. Mary's Seminary

Alma mater

Catholic University of America
Mount Saint Mary's Seminary
Catholic University of Cuyo

MottoBeati Pacifici
(Blessed are the peaceful)

Styles of Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia (born January 10, 1974) is an Argentine-born priest of the Catholic Church who serves as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington in the District of Columbia and Southern Maryland.

Biography

Early life

Esposito-Garcia was born on January 10, 1974, in San Luis, Argentina. He attended the Instituto Santo Tomas de Aquino in San Luis for his primary education from 1980 to 1991.^[1] After finishing university, Esposito-Garcia entered the law school of the Universidad Catolica de Cuyo in San Luis, receiving a law degree in 2003.^[1]

Having decided to become priest, Esposito-Garcia immigrated to the United States to attend Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He was awarded in 2008 a Master of Divinity degree and a Master of Arts in moral theology from the seminary.^[2]

Priesthood

On June 14, 2008, Esposito-Garcia was ordained to the priesthood at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington by Archbishop Donald Wuerl.^[3] After his 2008 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Esposito-Garcia as parochial vicar at the following parishes in Maryland:

Shrine of St. Jude in Rockville (2008 to 2010)
St. Mark the Evangelist in Hyattsville (2010 to 2012). In 2011, he earned a Licentiate of Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in Washington.
Little Flower in Bethesda and Ascension in Bowie (2014). That same year, he was also named adjunct professor of canon law and adjunct spiritual director at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary.^[2]

Starting in 2011, Esposito-Garcia served as a judge on the metropolitan tribunal for the archdiocese. In 2016, he was awarded a Doctor of Canon Law degree by Catholic University. By 2017, he had been named judicial vicar. In 2018, Esposito-Garcia traveled to Rome to serve as an official in the Dicastery for Bishops at the Vatican. ^[2]

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington

Pope Francis appointed Esposito-Garcia as an auxiliary bishop of Washington on December 19, 2022.^[2] On February 21, 2023, Esposito-Garcia was consecrated as a bishop at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington by Cardinal Wilton Gregory, with Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville and Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell acting as co-consecrators.^[3]

Esposito-Garcia speaks English, Spanish, and Italian.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Auxiliary Bishops". Archdiocese of Washington. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Washington". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Bishop Juan Rafael Esposito-Garcia [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-04-12.

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington Official Site

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by -	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington 2023-Present	Succeeded by -

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington

Ordinaries

Archbishops: Michael Joseph Curley; Patrick O'Boyle; William Wakefield Baum; James Aloysius Hickey; Theodore McCarrick; Donald Wuerl; Wilton Daniel Gregory

Auxiliaries: John Michael McNamara; Patrick Joseph McCormick; Philip Hannan; William Joseph McDonald; John Selby Spence; Edward John Herrmann; Thomas William Lyons; Eugene Antonio Marino; Thomas C. Kelly; Álvaro Corrada del Río; William G. Curlin; Leonard Olivier; William E. Lori; Kevin Farrell; Francisco González Valer, SF; Martin Holley; Barry C. Knestout; Mario E. Dorsonville; Roy Edward Campbell; Michael William Fisher; Juan Esposito-Garcia; Evelio Menjivar-Ayala

Churches
and parishes

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle

Parish churches: Sacred Heart Church, Bowie; St. Ambrose Church, Cheverly; St. Francis Xavier Church, Compton; St. Mary Church, Newport; St. Ignatius Church, Oxon Hill; St. Ignatius Church, Port Tobacco; St. Mary Church, Rockville; St. Ignatius Church, St. Inigoes; Holy Trinity Church, Washington; Immaculate Conception Church, Washington; St. Aloysius Church, Washington; St. Anthony of Padua Church, Washington; St. Augustine Church, Washington; St. Patrick's Church, Washington; St. Peter's Church, Washington; St. Stephen Martyr Church, Washington; Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Solomons; St. John the Baptist, Silver Spring; St. John the Evangelist, Silver Spring; Our Lady, Queen of Poland and St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish