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Joan Martí i Alanis

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His Excellency The Most Reverend
Archbishop
Joan Martí i Alanis
Co-Prince of Andorra
Reign 31 January 1971 – 12 May 2003
Predecessor Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
Ramón Malla Call (acting)
Successor Joan Enric Vives i Sicília
Co-Prince Georges Pompidou (until 1974)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974 – 1981)
François Mitterrand (1981 – 1995)
Jacques Chirac (from 1995)
Bishop of Urgell
See Urgell
Appointed 25 November 1970
Installed 31 January 1971
Term ended 12 May 2003
Predecessor Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
Successor Joan Enric Vives i Sicília
Orders
Ordination 17 June 1951
Consecration 31 January 1971
by Luigi Dadaglio
Rank Archbishop ad personam
Personal details
Born 29 November 1928
Milá, Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Died 11 October 2009 (aged 80)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Denomination Catholicism

Joan Martí i Alanis[1] (29 November 1928 – 11 October 2009) was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Urgell and ex officio episcopal co-Prince of Andorra[2] from 1971 to 2003. He was a co-signatory, along with François Mitterrand, of Andorra's new constitution in 1993.

In 1979, he founded Caritas Andorra.[3]

References

  1. Back to citation Diocese of Urgell: Joan Martí i Alanis. (in Catalan)
  2. Back to citation "Archbishop Juan Martí Alanis". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. Back to citation "Arxiprestat de les Valls d'Andorra - Acció Social". esglesiacatolica.ad (in Catalan). Retrieved 19 December 2024.