Manuel Ureña Pastor

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'''Manuel Ureña Pastor''' (born 4 March 1945) is a Spanish prelate of the [[Catholic Church]] who became a bishop in 1988 and served as ordinary in Ibiza, Alcalá de Henares, and Cartagena before becoming [[Archdiocese of Zaragoza|Archbishop of Zaragoza]], the position he held from 2005 until he retired in 2014. He resigned citing health problems, though later reports demonstrated his mishandling of a charge of harassment against one of his priests.

==Biography==
Manuel Ureña Pastor was born in [[Albaida, Province of Valencia|Albaida]], [[Province of Valencia|Valencia]], on 4 March 1945. He attended the Escuela Nacional de Albaida from 1951 to 1959 and then entered the Metropolitan Seminary of Valencia in [[Moncada]]. He earned his licentiate in dogmatic theology at the [[Pontifical University of Salamanca]] in 1973. He was ordained a priest on 14 July 1973 in Valencia. He was a pastoral vicar for three years and then earned a doctorate in philosophy at the [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas|Pontifical University Angelicum]] in 1984.<ref name=2005bio/> He became director of the in [[Burjasot]].<ref name=diobio/>

[[Pope John Paul II]] named him [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibiza|Bishop of Ibiza]] on 8 July 1988. He received his episcopal consecration on 11 September from Archbishop , Apostolic Nuncio to Spain. He served as well as the apostolic administrator of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Menorca|Diocese of Menorca]] from 1990 to 1991.<ref name=diobio></ref>

On 23 July 1991, John Paul named him the first [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Alcalá de Henares|Bishop of Alcalá de Henares]], newly created from the Archdiocese of Madrid, and on 1 July 1998, he was made [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena|Bishop of Cartagena]]<ref name=2005bio/> and became Grand Chancellor of the [[Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia]].<ref name=diobio/>

===Zaragoza===
On 12 March 2005, John Paul named him [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza|Archbishop of Zaragoza]], though the appointment was not announced until 2 April,<ref name=2005bio>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> hours before John Paul's death. He was installed on 19 June. He became ''ex officio'' Grand Chancellor of the Universidad San Jorge in Zaragoza.<ref name=diobio/> In the [[Spanish Episcopal Conference]] he was a member of the Episcopal Commission for Teaching and Catechesis.<ref name=2005bio/>

On 12 November 2014, [[Pope Francis]] accepted his resignation as archbishop under the legal formula allowing for resignation "for reasons of health or other serious reason".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Ureña had several surgeries in recent years,<ref name=deacon/> and he released a statement citing health reasons.<ref name=bedoya/> Later that month, local media reported, and the Catholic weekly ''Vida Nueva'' confirmed, that Ureña was forced to resign for having paid thousands of Euros to an adult deacon who had been sexually harassed by a priest in Épila, a sum designed to finance his studies toward a university degree now that he no longer sought ordination. No action was taken against the priest.<ref name=deacon>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=bedoya>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>}} The Archdiocese admitted the payment and said it was not related to Ureña's resignation because of his health.<ref name=alvarez>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://bit.ly/2Y5sNFO Catholic-Hierarchy: Archbishop Manuel Ureña Pastor] [[Wikipedia:SPS|]]
* [http://bit.ly/2Y8EF9Z Archdiocese of Zaragoza: El arzobispo emérito]

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