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Spanish prelate
The Most Reverend
Salvador Giménez Valls
Bishop of Lleida
The bishop pictured in 2016.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseLleida
SeeLleida
Appointed28 July 2015
Installed20 September 2015
PredecessorJuan 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
Ordination9 June 1973
by José María García Lahiguera
Consecration2 July 2005
by Agustín García-Gasco Vicente
Personal details
BornSalvador Giménez Valls
(1948-05-31) 31 May 1948 (age 76)
Muro d'Alcoi, Spain
Alma materPontifical University of Salamanca
University of Valencia
MottoMane nobiscum Domine
Coat of armsSalvador Giménez Valls's 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. In 1960, he studied ecclesiastical studies at the Metropolitan Seminary of Valencia.

A philosopher and historian, he studied at the Pontifical University of Salamanca and was ordained as a priest on 9 June 1973. 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.

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.

References

  1. ^ "El valencià Salvador Giménez Valls, nou bisbe de Lleida | NacióDigital". naciodigital.cat.
  2. Religió, Catalunya (28 July 2015). "El valencià Giménez Valls, nou bisbe de Lleida". Catalunya Religió.
  3. "Salvador Giménez Valls - Conferencia Episcopal Española" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  4. ^ "Bishop Salvador Giménez Valls [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  5. "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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