Joan Enric Vives Sicília

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vives and the second or maternal family name is Sicília.

The Most Reverend Joan Enric Vives i Sicília
Bishop of Urgell; Archbishop 'ad personam'

See	Urgell
Installed	12 May 2003
Predecessor	Joan Martí i Alanis
Orders
Ordination	24 September 1974
Consecration	5 September 1993 by Ricardo María Carles Gordó
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-24) 24 July 1949 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of Urgell (2001–2003) Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (1993–2001) Titular Bishop of Nona (1993–2001)
Motto	Parare vias Domini
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Styles of Joan Enric Vives i Sicília

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor

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. He holds the rank of Archbishop.

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. He entered the Seminary in 1965 and studied Humanities, Philosophy and Theology. In 1974, Vives was ordained a priest in his native parish Santa Maria del Taulat de Barcelona. Father Vives i Sicília 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. Pope John Paul II nominated him as Coadjutor Bishop of Urgell in 2001. 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. 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 the dignity of an Archbishop as a personal title by Pope Benedict XVI in March 2010.^[1]

↑ "Rinuncie e Nomine — Elevazione alla Dignità Arcivescovile Ad Personam del Vescovo di Urgell (Spagna) e Coprincipe di Andorra" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
↑ Portuguese Presidency Website, Orders search form : type "Joan-Enric Vives i" in "nome", then click "Pesquisar"

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, François Hollande	Incumbent

Current sovereigns

Africa	Letsie III Mohammed VI Mswati III

Asia	Hamad Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Hassanal Bolkiah Norodom Sihamoni Akihito Abdullah II Sabah Muhammad V Qaboos Tamim Salman Vajiralongkorn Khalifa

Europe	Hollande and Vives i Sicília Philippe Margrethe II Hans-Adam II (Regent: Alois) Henri Albert II Willem-Alexander Harald V Matthew Felipe VI Carl XVI Gustaf Elizabeth II Francis

Americas	Elizabeth II

Oceania	Elizabeth II Tupou VI

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 190893633 SUDOC: 150538790

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