Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Salvador Giménez Valls | |
Bishop of Lleida | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Lleida |
See: | Lleida |
Appointed: | 28 July 2015 |
Term Start: | 20 September 2015 |
Predecessor: | Juan Piris Frígola |
Ordination: | 9 June 1973 |
Ordained By: | José María García Lahiguera |
Consecration: | 2 July 2005 |
Consecrated By: | Agustín García-Gasco Vicente |
Birth Name: | Salvador Giménez Valls |
Birth Date: | 1948 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Muro d'Alcoi, Spain |
Previous Post: | Titular Bishop of Abula (2005-09) Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (2005-09) Apostolic Administrator of Menorca (2008-09) Bishop of Menorca (2009-15) |
Alma Mater: | Pontifical University of Salamanca University of Valencia |
Motto: | Mane nobiscum Domine |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Salvador Gimenez Valls.svg |
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.
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]