Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino

His Eminence Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	21 November 1981
Term ended	26 April 2016
Predecessor	Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández
Successor	Juan de la Caridad Garcia Rodriguez
Other post(s)	Cardinal Priest of Santi Aquila e Priscilla
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Pinar del Río (1979–1981)
Orders
Ordination	2 August 1964 by José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez
Consecration	14 January 1979 by Mario Tagliaferri
Created cardinal	26 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal priest
Personal details
Born	Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (1936-10-18)18 October 1936 Jagüey Grande, Cuba
Died	26 July 2019(2019-07-26) (aged 82) El Cobre, Cuba
Nationality	Cuban
Denomination	Catholic
Motto	Sufficit tibi gratia mea ('My grace is sufficient for you'; 2 Corinthians 12:9)
Coat of arms

Styles of Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	San Cristobal de la Habana

Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino ( 18 October 1936 – 26 July 2019) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the second Cuban to hold that job.

During negotiations to renew diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, Cardinal Ortega, without public announcement, visited the White House and hand-delivered a letter from Pope Francis to President Barack Obama.^[1]

Ortega was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018. He died on 26 July 2019 in El Cobre, Cuba at the age of 82.^[2]

References

1. Davis, Julie Hirschfield; Baker, Peter (13 August 2015). "A Secretive Path to Raising U.S. Flag in Cuba". New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
2. Seelye, Katharine Q. (26 July 2019). "Cardinal Jaime Ortega, a Cuban Bridge to the U.S., Dies at 82". New York Times. Retrieved 27 July 2019.