Joan Enric Vives i Sicília
Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra
His Excellency
The Most Reverend
Archbishop Joan-Enric Vives |
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Vives in 2016
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Co-Prince of Andorra | |
Reign | 12 May 2003 – present |
Coronation | 10 July 2003 |
Predecessor | Joan Martí i Alanis |
Co-Prince |
Jacques Chirac
(until 2007)
Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012) François Hollande (2012–2017) Emmanuel Macron (2017–) |
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Bishop of Urgell | |
See | Urgell |
Appointed | 25 June 2001 (Coadjutor) |
Installed | 12 May 2003 |
Predecessor | Joan Martí i Alanis |
Orders | |
Ordination | 24 September 1974 |
Consecration |
5 September 1993
by Ricardo María Carles Gordó |
Rank | Archbishop ad personam |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1949-07-24
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24 July 1949
(age
74)
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Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Parents |
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Previous post(s) |
Coadjutor Bishop of Urgell (2001–2003)
Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (1993–2001) Titular Bishop of Nona (1993–2001) |
Motto | Parare vias Domini |
Coat of arms | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Monsignor |
Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília ( Catalan: [ʒuˈan ənˈriɡ ˈbiβəz i siˈsili.ə] ; born 24 July 1949) is a Spanish cleric, who has served as Bishop of Urgell since 2003, [1] and is therefore the Co-Prince of Andorra . This makes him a joint- head-of-state (alongside the President of France ) and one of the two Catholic religious figures in the world who also leads a country, the other such prelate being the Pope himself (who leads Vatican City ).
He holds the rank of archbishop [1] [2] as a personal distinction, his diocese being a suffragan diocese . [3]
Life
Vives i Sicília was born in 1949 in Barcelona as the third son of Francesc Vives i Pons and of Cornèlia Sicília Ibáñez, who were small retailers. [1] He entered the seminary in 1965 and studied humanities, philosophy and theology. [4] In 1974, Vives was ordained a priest in his native parish Santa Maria del Taulat de Barcelona. He was later nominated as auxiliary bishop of Barcelona (and titular bishop of Nona ) in 1993, and consecrated to the episcopacy and automatically became a member of the Spanish Episcopal Conference . [1] Pope John Paul II nominated him as coadjutor bishop of Urgell in 2001. [1] After two years, on the retirement of his predecessor Joan Martí Alanis in 2003, he succeeded him as Bishop of Urgell on 12 May 2003, and hence therefore as co-prince of Andorra in the Principality of Andorra located in the heights of the Pyrenees Mountains . [5] On 10 July 2003, he carried out the Constitutional Oath as the new Co-Prince of Andorra at " Casa de la Vall ", Andorra la Vella . Vives i Sicília was later elevated to archbishop as a personal title by Pope Benedict XVI in March 2010. [1]
Foreign honours
- Grand Cross of the Order of Christ of the Portuguese Republic (5 March 2010). [6] [7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "L'Arquebisbe" [ The Archbishop ] . Bisbat d'Urgell (in Catalan). p. 1. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 3 June 2022 .
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↑
"¿Quién es... Enric Vives Sicilia?"
[
Who is… Enric Vives Sicilia?
]
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InfoVaticana
(in Spanish). 7 November 2013
. Retrieved
7 April
2020
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ "Bisbat d'Urgell (@BisbatUrgell)" [ Bishopric of Urgell (@BisbatUrgell) ] . Twitter (in Catalan). September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022 . Retrieved 3 June 2022 .
- ↑ "L'Arquebisbe" [ The Archbishop ] . Bisbat d'Urgell (in Catalan). p. 2. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021 . Retrieved 3 June 2022 .
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"RINUNCE E NOMINE, 12.05.2003"
[
WAIVERS AND APPOINTMENTS, 12.05.2003
]
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Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office
(in Italian).
Holy See Press Office
. 12 May 2003.
Archived
from the original on 31 March 2022
. Retrieved
3 June
2022
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"ENTIDADES ESTRANGEIRAS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas"
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FOREIGN ENTITIES AWARDED WITH PORTUGUESE ORDERS
]
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www.ordens.presidencia.pt
(in Portuguese).
Presidency of the Portuguese Republic
. Retrieved
1 June
2022
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{{ cite web }}
: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ "Presidente encontrou-se com Co-Príncipe de Andorra" [ President met with Co-Prince of Andorra ] . anibalcavacosilva.arquivo.presidencia.pt (in Portuguese). Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. 6 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022 . Retrieved 7 April 2020 .
External links
- Media related to Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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Titular Bishop of Nona
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Bishop of Urgell
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Preceded by |
Co-Prince of Andorra
2003–present Served alongside: Jacques Chirac , Nicolas Sarkozy , François Hollande , Emmanuel Macron |
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