José Gea Escolano (14 June 1929 – 6 February 2017) was a Spanish

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

prelate. Born in El Real de Gandia, Gea Escolano was ordained to the priesthood in 1953. He served as the Bishop of

Ibiza Ibiza (; ; ; #Names and pronunciation, see below) or Iviza is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the city of Valencia. It is the third largest of th ...

from 1976 to 1987, and later as the Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol from 1987 until he retired in 2005. He died on 6 February 2017 in

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

at the age of 87.

References

External links

1929 births 2017 deaths People from Gandia 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub