Bishop of Getafe
Msgr. Ginés Ramón García Beltrán was born on 3 October 1961 in Lorca, diocese of Cartagena. He attended the seminary of Almería, then based in Granada, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in theology from the faculty of theology of Granada in 1984. He graduated in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1986. He was ordained a priest on 20 September 1985 and was incardinated in the diocese of Almería. He has held the offices of parish priest of Santa María, Mojácar (1987-1989), vice rector of the minor seminary (1989-1992), rector of the San Indalecio Theological Institute (1991-1994), spiritual director of the minor seminary (1992- 1993), parish priest of Santa María, Rioja (1993-1994), parish priest of Santa Maria de los Ángeles, Almería, and archpriest of the zone (1994-1996), episcopal delegate of the diocesan Synod (1996-1999), vicar general (1996- 2005), canon of the cathedral (2003-2005), parish administrator and professor of the Centre of Theological Studies (2005-2009). He was appointed as bishop of Guadix on 3 December 2009 and consecrated on 27 February 2010. In the Spanish Episcopal Conference he is a member of the Permanent Committee as President of the Episcopal Commission of Social Communications Media since 12 March 2014. He was previously a member of the same Commission, and also of the Heritage Commission (2010-2014). Since 2016 he has been a member of the Holy See Secretariat for Communication.