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Juan José Omella Omella
- The archbishopric has nine more Minor basilicas. The current Archbishop of Barcelona is Juan José Omella Omella, appointed by Pope Francis on 6 November 2015.
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The current Archbishop of Barcelona is Juan José Omella Omella, appointed by Pope Francis on 6 November 2015. Province. The ecclesiastical province of Barcelona includes the Metropolitan's own archbishopric and the following suffragan sees : Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat. Roman Catholic Diocese of Terrassa. Statistics.
Nov 18, 2020 · On the agenda for the Spanish bishops are Europe’s rising populist currents, and a bill in Spain that threatens religious education. In his opening speech, the conference president, Cardinal ...
On 26 December he became archbishop of Barcelona. He served as member of the Episcopal commission for social pastoral ministry until 1996, and as president from 2002 to 2008, and again from 2014 to 2017.
Mar 1, 2024 · When Spain’s bishops gather in Madrid next week, they have an important task. They must choose a successor to Cardinal Juan José Omella Omella, the Archbishop of Barcelona, who has served as bishops’ conference president since March 2020.
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Nov 21, 1975 · Arnau Narciso Cardinal Jubany, the outspoken liberal who is Archbishop of Barcelona, in Catalonia, asked God to take into account General Franco's service to his country but declared, “The...
Jul 14, 2021 · Barcelona Cathedral (Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia) is the seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona. The original building on the site on which Barcelona Cathedral sits was destroyed by the Moors in 985 and replaced by a Romanesque church in 1085.
The present archbishop is Lluís Cardinal Martínez Sistach. Cardinal Sistach was born in Barcelona in 1937, ordained a priest in 1961, and became Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona in 1987. He later served as Bishop of the city of Alegciras in Andalusia, near Gibraltar, then of the city of Tortosa in southern Catalonia.
