Salvador Giménez Valls
Salvador Giménez Valls | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lleida | |
.jpg) The bishop pictured in 2016. | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Lleida |
| See | Lleida |
| Appointed | 28 July 2015 |
| Installed | 20 September 2015 |
| Predecessor | Juan Piris Frígola |
| Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Abula (2005-09) Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (2005-09) Apostolic Administrator of Menorca (2008-09) Bishop of Menorca (2009-15) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 9 June 1973 by José María García Lahiguera |
| Consecration | 2 July 2005 by Agustín García-Gasco Vicente |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Salvador Giménez Valls 31 May 1948 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical University of Salamanca University of Valencia |
| Motto | Mane nobiscum Domine |
| Coat of arms |  |
Salvador Giménez Valls (born 31 May 1948, Muro d'Alcoi) is a Spanish prelate and the current Roman Catholic Bishop of Lleida. He is a former Bishop of Menorca.[1][2] In 1960, he studied ecclesiastical studies at the Metropolitan Seminary of Valencia.[3]
A philosopher and historian, he studied at the Pontifical University of Salamanca and was ordained as a priest on 9 June 1973.[4] He was appointed the Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain and the Titular Bishop of Abula in May 11, 2005; in 2 July, 2005, he was fully appointed the Bishop of Titular. In May 21, 2009, the announcement of his appointment as the Bishop of Menorca, Spain was made.[1][4]
In July 2022, he was elected as the new Bishop President of the Interdiocesan Secretariat for the Custody and Promotion of Sacred Art (SICPAS) in Barcelona.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "El valencià Salvador Giménez Valls, nou bisbe de Lleida | NacióDigital". naciodigital.cat.
- ^ Religió, Catalunya (28 July 2015). "El valencià Giménez Valls, nou bisbe de Lleida". Catalunya Religió.
- ^ "Salvador Giménez Valls - Conferencia Episcopal Española" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ^ a b "Bishop Salvador Giménez Valls [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ^ "Mons. Giménez Valls y Mons. Conesa Ferrer, nuevos responsables del SICPAS y de ecumenismo y relaciones interreligiosas, respectivamente". Arzobispado de Barcelona (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
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