Salvador Cristau Coll (born 15 April 1950) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Terrassa since 2010.

Early life and education

Salvador Cristau Coll was born on 15 April 1950 in

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. He studied at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and received a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1972. Cristau entered the Upper Seminary of Toledo and graduated from the Theological Faculty of Northern Spain with a Bachelor of Theology degree.

Parish assignments

On October 12, 1980, Cristau was ordained a

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in the Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo by

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for the Archdiocese of Toledo. From 1980 to 1981, he was the

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at the Good Shepherd Parish and from 1981 to 1984 at Saint Justus Parish. From 1984 to 1985 Cristau was the Parochial Administrator of the Saint Leocadia Parish. On 14 January 1985, Cristau was

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as a priest of the

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and served as a parochial vicar to several churches.

Diocesan assignments

Between 1980 and 1985, Cristau served as the

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of the Toledo's diocesan Ecclesiastical Tribunal. Within the Barcelona archdiocese, Cristau has held several positions to include the Diocesan Curia, Archpriest of the Cathedral and Secretary Chancellor of the Curia. In 2004, after the erection of the Terrassa diocese, Cristau was incardinated there and was appointed as the diocesan vicar general.

Episcopal career

On 18 May 2010, Pope Benedict appointed him titular bishop of Algeciras and auxiliary bishop of Terrassa. Cristau was ordained in Terrassa's cathedral on 26 June 2010 by Josep Àngel Saiz Meneses, Bishop of Terrassa. The co-consecrators were Archbishop

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, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, and

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, Archbishop of Barcelona.

References

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Terrassa
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cristau Coll, Salvador Living people 1950 births Spanish Roman Catholic titular bishops 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain People from Barcelona