SAN ANTONIO — The head of San Antonio's Catholic community was released from the hospital two days after he started to feel unwell while presiding over mass service.
Officials with the local archdiocese said Thursday that Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, 67, was continuing to rest at home after a two-day hospitalization that was largely comprised of observation. The archdiocese said over the last two days that he was alert and doing well, saying Wednesday afternoon that there were "no concerns."
García-Siller himself thanked the community for its "affection and prayers" over the last two days.
"I am feeling much better, thanks be to God," he said in a statement. "As a patient, I can appreciate all the work of those who serve our infirm brothers and sisters. I pray that more of us can become involved in the pastoral care of the sick; to accompany the sick through prayer and visits to hospitals."
The archdiocese's director of communications, Jordan McMorrough, said the archbishop's immediate calendar is receiving "some adjustments" to account for his hospitalization. He was taken to the hospital from the archdiocesan Pastoral Ministry Center.
García-Siller was installed as San Antonio's archbishop in November 2010.
