The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibiza ( la, Ebusitan(us)) is a

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

located in the city of Ibiza in the

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Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

in Spain.

History

* 30 April 1782: Established as Diocese of Ibiza from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tarragona * 1851: Suppressed to the Diocese of Majorca * 1927: Restored as Apostolic Administration of Ibiza from the Diocese of Majorca * 1949: Promoted as Diocese of Ibiza

Leadership

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...

s of Ibiza (Roman rite) ** Manuel Abad y Lasierra (18 Jul 1783 – 28 Sep 1787 ) ** Eustaquio Azara, O.S.B. (7 Apr 1788 – 12 Sep 1794 ) ** Blas Jacobo Beltrán (26 Jun 1805 – 10 Jul 1815 ) ** Felipe González Abarca, O. de M. (22 Jul 1816 – 30 Aug 1829 ) ** Basilio Antonio Carrasco Hernando, O. de M. (26 Mar 1831 – 4 Apr 1852 ) ** Salvio Huix Miralpeix,

titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...

Selymbria Selymbria ( gr, Σηλυμβρία),Demosthenes, '' de Rhod. lib.'', p. 198, ed. Reiske. or Selybria (Σηλυβρία), or Selybrie (Σηλυβρίη), was a town of ancient Thrace on the Propontis, 22 Roman miles east from Perinthus, and 44 Rom ...

and Apostolic administrator (16 Feb 1928 - 28 January 1935), afterwards Bishop of Lerida ** Antonio Cardona Riera, Apostolic administrator (1935 - 1950), subsequently Bishop (2 Feb 1950 – 28 Mar 1960 ) ** Francisco Planas Muntaner (28 Mar 1960 – 10 Sep 1976 ) ** José Gea Escolano (10 Sep 1976 – 15 May 1987 ) ** Manuel Ureña Pastor (8 Jul 1988 – 23 Jul 1991 ) ** Javier Salinas Viñals (26 May 1992 – 5 Sep 1997 ) ** Agustín Cortés Soriano (20 Feb 1998 – 15 Jun 2004) ** Vicente Juan Segura (22 Jan 2005 – 18 Jan 2020 Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia) ** Vicente Ribas Prats (13 Oct 2021 – present)

References

Sources

Catholic Hierarchy

Diocese website
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History

Leadership

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