Eduardo Najarro Reyes

Who is Eduardo Najarro Reyes?

Fr. Eduardo Najarro Reyes, S.J. was the Rector of San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary since March 2007 until November 2008.

Fr. Reyes lived near the Iglesia del Sagrado Corazon the home church of the Jesuits in Havana in Centro Habana. In 1971, he graduated from the University of Havana and a few years later joined the Society of Jesus. He studied at San Basilo Magno Seminary in Santiago de Cuba and later at the San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary. In 1989, before ending his studies in theology he was sent to the Instituto de Teologia San Inacio in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It is there that he received his doctorate in theology.

He was ordained on July 3, 1990 in Havana. He then returned to Brazil to continue his studies and eventually began to teach at the Instituto de Teologia San Inacio. He returned to Cuba in May 2006 and became a professor at the San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary.

On December 13, 2006, the rector of the seminary, Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez, was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Pinar del Rio. In March 2007, Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cardinal Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Havana, appointed Fr.