Cuban Rebel Priests
in the Sierra Maestra

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Father Guillermo Sardiñas in the summer of 1957 became chaplain to the rebel army with permission of the coadjutor bishop of Havana.

 
 
Father Angel Rivas, guerrilla chaplain, wearing
26 of July Movement armband and uniform.
Lucas Iruretagoyena, Franciscan priest and guerrilla chaplain.

 
Santiago de Cuba Archbishop Enrique Pérez Serantes
embraces Commandant Huber Matos.

 

Father Francisco Guzmán,
helped draft the unconditional
surrender proclamation of
January 1, 1959.

 
Raul, Ramon and Fidel Castro with Father Garcia,
their former Dolores School teacher, Dec. 29, 1958.
A priest and a Sister of Charity were among the welcoming committee
that received Fidel Castro in Camaguey during his advance on Havana.

Other Roman Catholic priests who aided the rebels were:
Cipriano Cabero, chaplain of Commandant Juan Almeida's forces,
Juan Ramón O'Farrill and Jorge Bez Chabebe.
 

U.S. Senate Hearings: Communist Threat to the United States Through the Caribbean
Testimony of Rev. Father Eduardo Aguirre (May 3, 1960)
Testimony of Rev. Father Rosario Maxilliano Pérez (May 3, 1960)
Testimony of Rev. Father Juan Ramón O'Farril (May 4, 1960)