José Rodríguez Carballo OFM (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.

[4][a] Beginning in 1976 he attended the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem, earning a degree in biblical theology in 1978.

In 1989 he became Rector of the Guardian and Convent of St. Francis in Santiago de Compostela and Master of the Friars of temporary profession.

[4] On 5 June 2003 he was elected minister general of the Order of Friars Minor,[citation needed] the 119th successor of St. Francis of Assisi.

[2] 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.