The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Cuba
This page contains a list of the greatest Cuban Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 3,187 Religious Figures, 2 of which were born in Cuba. This makes Cuba the birth place of the 99th most number of Religious Figures behind New Zealand, and Côte d'Ivoire.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Cuban Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Cuban Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Juan García Rodríguez (b. 1948)
With an HPI of 62.02, Juan García Rodríguez is the most famous Cuban Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.
Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez (born 11 July 1948) is a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Havana since 26 April 2016. He previously served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey from 1997 to 2002 and then as archbishop of that diocese from 2002 to 2016. He is a past president of the Cuban Conference of Catholic Bishops. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 5 October 2019.
2. Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (1936 - 2019)
With an HPI of 61.41, Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino is the 2nd most famous Cuban Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (18 October 1936 – 26 July 2019) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the second Cuban to hold that distinction.
3. José Fernández (1992 - 2016)
With an HPI of 36.46, José Fernández is the 3rd most famous Cuban Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
José Delfín Fernández Gómez (July 31, 1992 – September 25, 2016) was a Cuban-born American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a member of the Miami Marlins from 2013 until his death in 2016. He stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 243 pounds (110 kg) during his playing career. He was affectionately known as "Niño" to his teammates and fans due to the youthful exuberance with which he played the game. Fernández was born in Santa Clara, Cuba. He made three unsuccessful attempts at defecting to the United States before he finally succeeded in 2008. He enrolled at Braulio Alonso High School in Tampa, Florida, and was selected by the Marlins in the first round of the 2011 MLB draft. Fernández made his MLB debut with the Marlins on April 7, 2013. He was named to the 2013 National League All-Star Team, and won the National League (NL) Rookie of the Month Award in July and August. After the season, he won the NL Rookie of the Year Award and finished third in Cy Young Award balloting. He underwent Tommy John surgery during the 2014 season and was named to his second All-Star Game in 2016. Fernández and two other men were killed in a pre-dawn boating crash into a jetty off the coast of Miami Beach, Florida, on September 25, 2016.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Cuban religious figures born between 1936 and 1992. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Cuban religious figures include Juan García Rodríguez. The most famous deceased Cuban religious figures include Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, and José Fernández. As of April 2024, 1 new Cuban religious figures have been added to Pantheon including José Fernández.
