Manuel Ureña pastor
Manuel Ureña Pastor (born March 4, 1945 in Albaida , Valencian Community ) is retired Archbishop of Saragossa .
Life
Manuel Ureña Pastor was ordained as a diocesan priest in Valencia on July 14, 1973 .
Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Ibiza on July 8, 1988 . The Apostolic Nuncio in Spain and Andorra , Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri , donated him episcopal ordination on September 11 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Cardinal Angel Suquía Goicoechea , Archbishop of Madrid , and Miguel Roca Cabanellas , Archbishop of Valencia. As a motto he chose Testis spei Christi .
On July 23, 1991 he was appointed Bishop of Alcalá de Henares , on July 1, 1998, Bishop of Cartagena, and on July 31, 2003, Archbishop of Zaragoza.
Pope Francis accepted his early resignation on November 12, 2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Zaragoza (Spagna). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 12, 2014, accessed November 12, 2014 (Italian).
predecessor | Office | successor |
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José Gea Escolano |
Bishop of Ibiza 1988–1991 |
Javier Salinas Viñals |
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Bishop of Alcalá de Henares 1991–1998 |
Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez |
Antonio Cañizares Llovera |
Bishop of Cartagena 1998-2005 |
Juan Antonio Reig Plà |
Elías Yanes Álvarez |
Archbishop of Saragossa 2005–2014 |
Vicente Jiménez Zamora |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ureña Pastor, Manuel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish clergyman, retired Archbishop of Saragossa |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1945 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Albaida , Valencian Community |