Javier Salinas Viñals

Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals (2016)

Episcopal coat of arms

Javier Salinas Viñals (born January 23, 1948 in Valencia , Spain ) is a Spanish Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Valencia .

Life

Javier Salinas Viñals received on 23 June 1974, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

May 26, 1992 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the Bishop of Ibiza . The Apostolic Nuncio in Spain, Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri , donated him episcopal ordination on September 6 of the same year ; Co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Madrid , Ángel Cardinal Suquía , and the auxiliary bishop in Valencia , Rafael Sanus . On September 5, 1997, John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Tortosa .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Mallorca on November 16, 2012, and he was instituted on January 12 of the next year.

On September 8, 2016, Pope Francis released him from the leadership of the Diocese of Mallorca and appointed him titular bishop of Monterano and auxiliary bishop in Valencia. Vatican Radio reported that, according to Mallorcan media, the change had come after rumors of an alleged love affair with his secretary caused unrest in the diocese.

Web links

Entry on Javier Salinas Viñals on catholic-hierarchy.org
El nostre Bisbe. Excm. i Rvdm. Dr. Xavier Salinas i Viñals ( Memento of July 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ Trasferimento all'incarico di ausiliare di Valencia (Spagna). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , September 8, 2016, accessed September 8, 2016 (Italian).
↑ Vatican / Spain: Mallorca gets a new bishop. Vatican Radio, September 8, 2016, archived from the original on September 21, 2016 ; accessed on September 8, 2016 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Manuel Ureña pastor	Bishop of Ibiza 1992–1997	Agustín Cortés Soriano
Lluís Martínez Sistach	Bishop of Tortosa 1997–2012	Enrique Benavent Vidal
Jesús Murgui Soriano	Bishop of Mallorca 2012-2016	Sebastià Taltavull i Anglada

personal data
SURNAME	Salinas Viñals, Javier
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Salinas i Vinyals, Xavier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Valencia
DATE OF BIRTH	January 23, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Valencia , Spain

[1] Trasferimento all'incarico di ausiliare di Valencia (Spagna). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , September 8, 2016, accessed September 8, 2016 (Italian).

[2] Vatican / Spain: Mallorca gets a new bishop. Vatican Radio, September 8, 2016, archived from the original on September 21, 2016 ; accessed on September 8, 2016 .