Joan Enric Vives Sicília | |
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Co-Prince of Andorra | |
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Assumed office 12 May 2003 |
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Governor General | Nemesi Marqués Oste |
Prime Minister | Albert Pintat Jaume Bartumeu Pere López Agràs (Acting) Antoni Martí |
Preceded by | Joan Martí i Alanis |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 July 1949 Barcelona, Spain |
Profession | Bishop |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Archbishop Joan Enric Vives i Sicília (born 24 July 1949) is the current Bishop of Urgell, a Roman Catholic diocese, and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. On the retirement of his predecessor Joan Martí Alanis, he succeeded as Bishop of Urgell on 12 May 2003, and hence as Co-Prince of Andorra. Born in Barcelona, he was ordained as a priest in 1974, became Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (and Titular Bishop of Nona) in 1993, Coadjutor Bishop of Urgell in 2001 and in 2003 succeeded as Bishop of Urgell. In March 2010, Vives i Sicília was elevated to the dignity of archbishop as a personal title.[1]
Catholic Church titles | ||
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Preceded by Joan Martí i Alanis |
Bishop of Urgell 2003–present |
Incumbent |
Regnal titles | ||
Preceded by Joan Martí i Alanis |
Co-Prince of Andorra 2003–present Served alongside: Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy |
Incumbent |