The Unitarian Universalist Religious Society of Spain (''Sociedad religiosa Unitaria Universalista de España'', SUUE) was an attempt to organize
Unitarian Universalism in
Spain.
Although the SUUE became a member of the
International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) was an umbrella organization founded in 1995 comprising many Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist organizations. It was disolved in 2021 along with the Unitarian ...
(ICUU) in June 2001 and had fellowships, first in
Barcelona (founded in 2000), and then also in
Madrid (founded in 2003), it did not achieve recognition as a religious organization from the Spanish government.
In 2001,
Ángel Acebes
Ángel Acebes Paniagua (born 3 July 1958) is a Spanish politician.
Early life and education
Acebes holds a degree in law from the University of Salamanca.
Political career
Acebes has been a member of parliament for the right-wing People's Pa ...
, th
Spanish Ministry of Justicedenied the registration of SUUE as a religious organization in Spain on the grounds that it lacked a creed. This rejection was confirmed in 2006 by Spanish Ministry of Justice
Fernando López Aguilar after a second request for legalization was made that emphasized the religious nature of the organization and its historical and denominational links.
Nowadays Spanish Unitarian Universalists (gathered still in 2 congregations, Madrid and Barcelona, after an unsuccessful attempt to create a third fellowship in
A Coruña (2008)) are looking for alternate ways of legalization that preclude the existence of SUUE as it had been originally conceived by its promoters.
External links
Unitarios Universalistas de España organization website
UU-Hispano Spanish website on Unitarian Universalism
{{DEFAULTSORT:Unitarian Universalist Religious Society Of Spain
Unitarian Universalist organizations
Religious organisations based in Spain
Unitarianism