José Rodríguez Carballo

José Rodríguez Carballo (born 11 August 1953) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who became Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz in June 2024 after a year as coadjutor there. He was secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 2013 to 2023 and minister general of the Order of Friars Minor from 2003 to 2013.

Biography José Rodríguez Carballo was born on 11 August 1953 in Lodoselo (Sarreaus), Spain. He entered the Minor Seminary of the Franciscan Province of Santiago de Compostela in Zamora in 1964. He took his temporary vows on 9 August 1971.

Pope John Paul II named him a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on 7 August 2004 and of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on 11 December 2004.

On 23 November 2012, he was elected to a three-year term as president of the Union of Superiors General.

On 6 April 2013, Pope Francis appointed him titular archbishop of Belcastro and secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, a position that had been vacant for several months. It was Francis' first appointment to a post in the Roman Curia. He received his episcopal consecration on 18 May in the cathedral of Santiago da Compostela

On 14 September 2023, Pope Francis named him archbishop coadjutor of Mérida-Badajoz in Spain, noting that Rodríguez would continue his Vatican duties until the end of October. He was installed there on 25 November 2023.

He succeeded as Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz on 29 June 2024.

He is a member of the International Academy of Portuguese Culture.