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Archbishop of Havana to make a pilgrimage to Santiago

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Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Archbishop of Havana is conducting a pilgrimage to honor the apostle James, on the occasion of the Compostelan Holy Year this weekend. Next Monday the 29th in Madrid, Cardinal Ortega expects to meet with former Cuban prisoners.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/cuban_colada/
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
Bishops on the Camino happen more frequently than one might think, and some do far more than a few days. Someone can correct me but I think it was Lionel Gendron, now the (RC) Bishop of Valleyfield, who has twice walked the Camino. Victoria Matthews, when Bishop of Edmonton (now in Christchurch NZ) walked the Camino seven times, once causing trauma among her ordinands by taking them with her. Pedro Lopez Quintana (Santiago-raised), titular Archbishop of Argyropoli and the new Nuncio to Canada, has also walked it twice, the first time about twenty years ago, when the infrastructure fostered the adventurous.

For many in executive positions (not only bishops!), I think it might be a very helpful exercise in terms of the use of time and in setting priorities. Still, we don't want to encourage it too much, as we don't want to be crowded out of albergues by swarms of bishops.
 
Our Bishop Frank Gouveia (Bishop of Oudshorn) has walked 4 caminos. His coat of arms includes a scallop shell.
 

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I do not know if anyone is interested, but Msgr Gendron is the Bishop of Saint Jean de Longeuil, not of Valleyfield. I note this on the off chance that there are bishops on the forum who might want some information on albergues and their suitability for bishops.
 

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