A Whatsapp of the Apostolic Nuncio and a Secret Meeting in Madrid: so Octavi Vilà Learned that He Would Be Archbishop of Barcelona
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"Let someone explain to me how I have come here." With this expression, Fr. Octavi Vilà, bishop of Girona and archbishop-elect of Barcelona, summed up this Wednesday, behind the scenes, the surprise at his appointment as successor to Cardinal Joan Josep Omella. The Cistercian religious, who two and a half years ago left the monastery of Poblet to put himself at the head of the bishopric of Girona, with many tasks pending after more than two year…
Bishop Octavi Vilà Mayo of Girona succeeds Cardinal Juan José Omella, who resigns after eleven years. The successor brings with him the profile of a Cistercian monk and takes over one of the most important dioceses in Spain.
The news The WhatsApp that turned Octavi Vilà into Archbishop of Barcelona was first published in Last Minute Religious News New Life It happened on October 24th. Eighteen days before the Holy See presented him to the world as the new Archbishop of Barcelona. That day, while Octavi Vilà celebrated in Banyoles the Eucharist for the feast of his patron at eleven in the morning, the bishop of Girona received a WhatsApp. It was a message ... This i…
The first is the tandem orchestrated between Madrid and Barcelona (with two bishops, Vilà and Cobo, who are very similar and do not seek to appear or take up authoritarian leadership) in order to continue to implant in Spain the synodal Church, merciful and close to which Francis wanted and for which he continues to be betting León. And, by the way, to win the presidency of the EEC in the upcoming episcopal elections
Yesterday we met that the Pope has appointed Monsignor Octavi Vilá as the new Archbishop of Barcelona. In his message of welcome, Cardinal Juan José Omella says that “people change, but the only Pastor of the Church, Jesus Christ remains...that is why, beyond our preferences, expectations or sensibilities, I invite you all to look at this event with eyes of faith”. “Eyes of faith,” Cardinal Omella rightly says, and we must understand the density…
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