Background
He was born in the Catalan speaking Western Strip of Aragón in the little village of Cretes.
He was born in the Catalan speaking Western Strip of Aragón in the little village of Cretes.
He is the metropolitan archbishop of Barcelona since December 26, 2015. lieutenant was the priest of the village who taught him what he needed to know to enter the Seminar. He studied in the Seminar in Zaragoza, and in education centres for missionaries in Leuven and Jerusalem.
In September 20, 1970 he became a priest.
He worked for the church in Zaragoza and in Zaire. In 1996 he was appointed assistant bishop of Zaragoza by the pope John Paul World War II In 1999 he was appointed bishop of Barbastre-Montsó.
Later on he was sent to Uesca, and Jaca. In 2004 he was designated bishop of Calahorra and The Calzada-Logroño.
He has been its President from 2002 to 2008 and again since 2014.
In December 2015 he was appointed Bishop of Barcelona.
He is a member of the Commission of Social Pastoral of the Spanish Episcopalian Conference since 1996. In November 2014 the pope Francis appointed him member of the Congregation for the Bishops.