SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — Urging Catholics to unite against the “ignorance, fear and insecurity” that “feed racism and hatred toward the stranger,” Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller was installed Nov. 23 as the sixth archbishop of San Antonio.
His 76-year-old father, Gustavo Garcia Suarez, and 75-year-old mother, Maria Cristina Siller de Garcia, along with all of his siblings and their immediate families, attended the solemn Mass of installation and reception at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in San Antonio.
Born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, the 54-year-old archbishop is the eldest of 15 children.
An auxiliary bishop of Chicago since 2003, Archbishop Garcia-Siller succeeded Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, who was named coadjutor archbishop of Los Angeles in April. He is one of 26 active Hispanic bishops in the United States.
In his homily, Archbishop Garcia-Siller said the Christian message is countercultural and “can be profoundly unsettling and even threatening to some.”
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