Joan Martí i Alanis

His Excellency The Most Reverend
Archbishop

Joan Martí i Alanis
Co-Prince of Andorra
Reign31 January 1971 – 12 May 2003
PredecessorRamon Iglesias i Navarri
Ramón Malla Call (acting)
SuccessorJoan Enric Vives i Sicília
Co-Prince
Bishop of Urgell
SeeUrgell
Appointed25 November 1970
Installed31 January 1971
Term ended12 May 2003
PredecessorRamon Iglesias i Navarri
SuccessorJoan Enric Vives i Sicília
Orders
Ordination17 June 1951
Consecration31 January 1971
by Luigi Dadaglio
RankArchbishop ad personam
Personal details
Born(1928-11-29)29 November 1928
Died11 October 2009(2009-10-11) (aged 80)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
DenominationCatholicism

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]

Notes

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