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The Bishop of Urgell is the Roman Catholic bishop for Urgell in Catalonia, Spain and also the ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra.

Andorra was ceded to the bishop of La Seu d'Urgell by the count Ermengol IV of Urgell in the 12th century.

List of Bishops of Urgell


Name Reign
Julià Cano Thebar 1695-1714
Simeó de Guinda y Apeztegui 1714-1737
Jordi Curado y Torreblanca 1738-1747
Sebastià de Victoria Emparán y Loyola 1747-1756
Francesc Josep Catalán de Ocón 1757-1762
Francesc Fernández de Xátiva y Contreras 1763-1771
Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso 1771-1779
Juan de García y Montenegro 1780-1783
Josep de Boltas 1785-1795
Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros 1797-1816
Bernat Francés y Caballero 1817-1825
Bonifaci López y Pulido 1825-1827
Simó de Guardiola y Hortoneda 1827 to 1851
Josep Caixal i Estradé (1853 to 1879)
Salvador Casañas i Pagès (1879 to 1901)
Ramon Riu i Cabanes (1901)
Toribio Martín (1902)
Joan Josep Laguarda i Fenollera (1902 to 1906)
Josep Pujargimzú (1907)
Joan Baptista Benlloch i Vivó (1907 to 1919)
Jaume Viladrich (1919 to 1920)
Justí Guitart i Vilardebò (1920 to 1940)
Ricardo Fornesa (1940 to 1943)
Ramon Iglésias Navarri (1943 to 1969)
Ramon Malla Call (1969 to 1971)
Joan Martí Alanis (1971 to 2003)
Joan Enric Vives Sicília (2003-)

See also: List of Co-Princes of Andorra

External links


Prince-Bishops | Roman Catholic bishops by diocese | Catalan bishops | Andorra

Bisbat d'Urgell | Bischof von Urgell | Obispo de Urgell

 

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