Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília

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Biography

Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília is a Spanish cleric, who has served as Bishop of Urgell since 2003, and as such, is also Co-Prince of Andorra.

Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília was born 24 Jul 1949 in Barcelona, Spain. He was the third son of Francesc Vives i Pons and of Cornèlia Sicília Ibáñez, who were small retailers.

In 1965, Joan-Enric entered the seminary where he studied humanities, philosophy, and theology. In 1974, he 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.

In 2001, Pope John Paul II nominated him as coadjutor bishop of Urgell. On the retirement of his predecessor, Joan Martí Alanis, in 2003, he became Bishop of Urgell, and therefore Co-Prince of Andorra. On 10 Jul 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 elevated to archbishop as a personal title by Pope Benedict XVI in March 2010.

Sources

• Wikidata: Item Q57473, en:Wikipedia for Joan Enric Vives Sicília