José María Urquinaona y Bidot (or ''Vidot'') (1814–1883) was a

bishop of Barcelona The Archdiocese of Barcelona () is a Latin metropolitan archbishopric of the Catholic Church in northeastern Spain's Catalonia region. The cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Santa Creu i S ...

. Born in

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, he was presented at the

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as secretary of the bishops from Spain. In 1878, he was made bishop of Barcelona. The Plaça Urquinaona is named after him.

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1814 births 1883 deaths Bishops of Barcelona People from Cádiz 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain Participants in the First Vatican Council {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub