Joan Enric Vives Sicília

Joan Enric Vives Sicília
Co-Prince of Andorra
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 May 2003
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 (1949-07-24) (age 62)
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]

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Catholic Church titles
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