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His Excellency The Most Reverend
Archbishop

Joan Martí Alanis
Co-Prince of Andorra
Reign25 November 1970 – 12 May 2003
PredecessorRamón Iglesias Navarri
SuccessorJoan Enric Vives Sicilia
Co-Prince
Bishop of Urgell
SeeUrgell
Appointed25 November 1970
Installed31 January 1971
Term ended12 May 2003
PredecessorRamón Iglesias Navarri
SuccessorJoan Enric Vives Sicilia
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 former Bishop of Urgell and hence former co-Prince of Andorra.[2] He was Bishop of Urgell 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

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  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.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byas Apostolic Administrator Bishop of Urgell
1971–2003
Succeeded by
Regnal titles
Preceded byas acting Co-Prince Co-Prince of Andorra
1971–2003
with Georges Pompidou (1971-1974)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974-1981)
François Mitterrand (1981-1995)
Jacques Chirac (1995-2003)
Succeeded by