Early life Esposito-Garcia was born on January 10, 1974, in
San Luis, Argentina. He attended the Instituto Santo Tomas de Aquino in San Luis for his primary education from 1980 to 1991. After finishing university, Esposito-Garcia entered the law school of the Universidad Catolica de Cuyo in San Luis, receiving a law degree in 2003.
Priesthood On June 14, 2008, Esposito-Garcia was ordained to the priesthood at the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington by Archbishop
Donald Wuerl. After his 2008 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Esposito-Garcia as parochial vicar at the following parishes in Maryland: • Shrine of St. Jude in
Rockville (2008 to 2010) • St. Mark the Evangelist in
Hyattsville (2010 to 2012). In 2011, he earned a
Licentiate of Canon Law from the
Catholic University of America in Washington. • Little Flower in
Bethesda and Ascension in
Bowie (2014). That same year, he was also named adjunct professor of
canon law and adjunct spiritual director at Mount Saint Mary's Seminary. Starting in 2011, Esposito-Garcia served as a judge on the metropolitan tribunal for the archdiocese. In 2016, he was awarded a
Doctor of Canon Law degree by Catholic University. By 2017, he had been named
judicial vicar. In 2018, Esposito-Garcia traveled to Rome to serve as an official in the
Dicastery for Bishops at the Vatican.
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington Pope Francis appointed Esposito-Garcia as an auxiliary bishop of
Washington on December 19, 2022. On February 21, 2023, Esposito-Garcia was consecrated as a bishop at the
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington by Cardinal
Wilton Gregory, with Bishop
Mario E. Dorsonville and Auxiliary Bishop
Roy Campbell acting as co-consecrators. Esposito-Garcia speaks English, Spanish, and Italian. ==See also==