Diocese of Ibiza, Spain

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ibiza (español) / Eivissa (català) / Ebusitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Valencia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 31

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

450: Established as Diocese of Ibiza (español) / Eivissa (català) / Ebusitan(us) (Latin)
700: Suppressed
1782.04.30: Restored as Diocese of Ibiza (español) / Eivissa (català) / Ebusitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Mallorca and became suffragan of Tarragona)
1851: Suppressed (to Diocese of Mallorca)
1927: Restored as Apostolic Administration of Ibiza (español) / Eivissa (català) / Ebusitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Mallorca)
1949: Promoted as Diocese of Ibiza (español) / Eivissa (català) / Ebusitan(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Valencia)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.10.13 – ...):

Bishop Vicente Ribas Prats (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ibiza (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vicente Ribas Prats (56)
(2021.10.13 – ...)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain)

Vivo et vivam pro Ecclesia

Born:	1968.05.12 (Ibiza, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1996.10.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.12.04

Priest of Ibiza (Spain) (1996.10.12 – 2021.10.13)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (2021.10.13 – ...)

Bishop Vicente Juan Segura
(2005.01.22 – 2020.01.18)

Mi vivir en Cristo

Born:	1955.05.22 (Tabernes de Valldigna, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1981.10.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.05.14
Died:	2024.10.11 (Spain † 69)

Priest of Valencia (Spain) (1981.10.24 – 2005.01.22)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (2005.01.22 – 2020.01.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) (2020.01.18 – 2023.02.25)

Titular Bishop of Armentia (2020.01.18 – 2024.10.11)

Bishop Agustín Cortés Soriano (77)
(1998.02.20 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop emeritus of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Spain)

Benedixit fregit deditque

Born:	1947.10.23 (Valencia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.04.18

Priest of Valencia (Spain) (1971.12.23 – 1998.02.20)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1998.02.20 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Spain) (2004.06.15 – 2024.10.08)

Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals (76)
(1992.05.26 – 1997.09.05)

Titular Bishop of Monterano
Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Valencia (Spain)

Gaudete in Domino

Born:	1948.01.23 (Valencia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1974.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.09.06

Priest of Valencia (Spain) (1974.06.23 – 1992.05.26)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1992.05.26 – 1997.09.05)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1997.09.05 – 2012.11.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Lleida (Spain) (2007.03.08 – 2008.07.16)

Bishop of Mallorca (Spain) (2012.11.16 – 2016.09.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) (2016.09.08 – 2023.02.13)

Titular Bishop of Monterano (2016.09.08 – ...)

Bishop Manuel Ureña Pastor (79) (later Archbishop)
(1988.07.08 – 1991.07.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zaragoza (Spain)

Testis spei Christi

Born:	1945.03.04 (Albaida, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.09.11

Priest of Valencia (Spain) (1973.07.14 – 1988.07.08)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1988.07.08 – 1991.07.23)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (1991.07.23 – 1998.07.01)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1998.07.01 – 2005.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (2005.04.02 – 2014.11.12)

Bishop José Gea Escolano
(1976.09.10 – 1987.05.15)

Born:	1929.06.14 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1953.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.05.08
Died:	2017.02.06 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Aræ in Numidia (1971.03.25 – 1976.09.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) (1971.03.25 – 1976.09.10)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1976.09.10 – 1987.05.15)

Bishop of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain) (1987.05.15 – 2005.06.06)

Bishop Teodoro Úbeda Gramage
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1973.04.13 – 1976.09.10)

Bishop Francisco Planas Muntaner
(1960.03.28 – 1976.09.10)

Born:	1904.06.26 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1927.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.29
Died:	1985.06.15 († 80)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1960.03.28 – 1976.09.10)

Bishop Antonio Cardona Riera (later Archbishop)
(1950.02.02 – 1960.03.28)

Born:	1883.01.31 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1908.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.05.27
Died:	1961.06.24 († 78)

Coadjutor Bishop of Menorca (Spain) (1928.03.10 – 1935.06.21)

Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta (1928.03.10 – 1950.02.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Ibiza (Spain) (1935.06.21 – 1949)

Apostolic Administrator of Ibiza (Spain) (1949 – 1950.02.02)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1950.02.02 – 1960.03.28)

Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro (1960.03.28 – 1961.06.24)

Apostolic Administrators of Ibiza (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonio Cardona Riera (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1949 – 1950.02.02)

Bishop Antonio Cardona Riera (later Archbishop)
(1935.06.21 – 1949)

(see above)

Blessed Bishop Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O.
(1928.02.16 – 1935.01.28)

In tuo verbo laxabo rete

Born:	1877.12.22 (Santa Margarida de Vallors, Girona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1903.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.04.15
Died:	1936.08.05 🩸 (Lleida, Spain † 58)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Titular Bishop of Selymbria (1928.02.16 – 1935.01.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Ibiza (Spain) (1928.02.16 – 1935.01.28)

Bishop of Lérida (Spain) (1935.01.28 – 1936.08.05)

Bishop and religious of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians). Martyr.

Bishops of Ibiza (Roman Rite)

Bishop Basilio Antonio Carrasco Hernando, O. de M.
(1831.09.30 – 1851)

Born:	1783.06.13 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1832.01.01
Died:	1852.04.04 († 68)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) ([1831.03.26] 1831.09.30 – 1851)

Bishop Felipe González Abarca, O. de M.
(1816.07.22 – 1829.09.28)

Born:	1765.11.03 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1791
Consecrated Bishop:	1816.10.27
Died:	1842.03.12 († 76)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1816.07.22 – 1829.09.28)

Bishop of Santander (Spain) ([1829.08.30] 1829.09.28 – 1842.03.12)

Bishop Blas Jacobo Beltrán
(1805.06.26 – 1815.07.10)

Born:	1746.07.22 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1805.10.06
Died:	1821.04.28 († 74)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1805.06.26 – 1815.07.10)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1815.07.10 – 1821.04.28)

Bishop Climent Llocer
(1795 – 1804)

Born:	1742.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1795.08.30
Died:	1804.08.24 († 62)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1795 – 1804)

Bishop Eustaquio de Azara Perera, O.S.B.
(1788.04.07 – 1794.09.12)

Born:	1727.09.20 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1788.06.01
Died:	1797.06.24 († 69)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1788.04.07 – 1794.09.12)

Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1794.09.12 – 1797.06.24)

Bishop Manuel Abad y Lasierra, O.S.B.
(1783.07.18 – 1787.09.28)

Born:	1729.12.24 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1783.08.17
Died:	1806.01.12 († 76)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1783.07.18 – 1787.09.28)

Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1787.09.28 – 1791.04.09)

Titular Bishop of Selymbria (1792.04.11 – 1806.01.12)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Teodoro Úbeda Gramage (1970.09.01 – 1973.04.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor): Catedral de la Mare de Déu de les Neus, Ibiza, Balears, Illes Balears

Churches by City (28)

Valencia (←), Mallorca (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 872 km²

Population: 148,600 Catholics (86.1% of 172,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 31 priests (28 diocesan, 3 religious), 1 deacon, 31 religious (4 brothers, 27 sisters), 5 seminarians