Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado was born in San Julián, Jalisco, Mexico, in 1979. He attended seminary in Arandas, Jalisco, before immigrating to the U.S. and joining Casa Jesus Program in Chicago. He completed his theological studies at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake and was ordained in 2008. He has served as associate pastor at St. Sylvester Parish and the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines and administrator of Our Lady of Tepeyac Parish. He later became administrator and then pastor of Good Shepherd Parish, followed by his appointment as pastor of San Jose Sanchez del Rio Parish in Chicago where he currently serves. He has also was assistant director of vocations at St. Joseph’s College Seminary, a Member of the Presbyteral Council and the College of Consultors and Dean of Vicariate IVC and IVA.
