Manuel Ureña pastor

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Archbishop Ureña pastor
Coat of arms as the Archbishop of Saragossa

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

  1. ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Zaragoza (Spagna). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 12, 2014, accessed November 12, 2014 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
José Gea Escolano Bishop of Ibiza
1988–1991 		Javier Salinas Viñals
... 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
SURNAME Ureña Pastor, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish clergyman, retired Archbishop of Saragossa
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Albaida , Valencian Community