George Joseph Caruana (23 April 1882 – 25 March 1951) was a Maltese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church whose career included parish work, several years as a missionary in the Philippines and as a military chaplain, four years as Archbishop of Puerto Rico, and more than two decades in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
During World War I he became a chaplain in the United States Armed Forces, serving in the Panama Canal Zone and Puerto Rico until 1919.
After the war Caruana became secretary to Dennis Joseph Dougherty, the Archbishop of Philadelphia, who became a cardinal in 1921.
[1] On 5 August 1921, Pope Benedict XV appointed Caruana Archbishop of Puerto Rico.
[5] Though he planned to make Cuba his residence, he arrived in Mexico in March 1926 just as the government of President Calles launched an anti-Catholic campaign that included enforcement and expansion of the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917.