Salvador Giménez Valls Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El valencià Salvador Giménez Valls, nou bisbe de Lleida | NacióDigital. naciodigital.cat.
  2. Web site: El valencià Giménez Valls, nou bisbe de Lleida. Catalunya. Religió. 28 July 2015. Catalunya Religió.
  3. Web site: Salvador Giménez Valls - Conferencia Episcopal Española . 2024-09-30 . es.
  4. Web site: Bishop Salvador Giménez Valls [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. 2024-09-30 . www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  5. Web site: Mons. Giménez Valls y Mons. Conesa Ferrer, nuevos responsables del SICPAS y de ecumenismo y relaciones interreligiosas, respectivamente . 2024-09-30 . Arzobispado de Barcelona . es-ES.