Carlos Escribano

Carlos Escribano
Archbishop of Zaragoza
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseZaragoza
Appointed6 October 2020
PredecessorVicente Jiménez Zamora
Previous postsBishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño (2016–2020), Bishop of Teruel and Albarracín (2010–2016)
Orders
Ordination14 July 1996
by Elías Yanes Álvarez
Consecration26 September 2010
by Antonio María Rouco Varela
Personal details
Born (1964-08-15) 15 August 1964
Carballo, Spain
EducationPontifical Gregorian University, University of Zaragoza
MottoQuære primum Regnum Dei et iustitiam eius (Seek first the Kingdom of God and its justice)
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Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías (born 15 August 1964) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church, serving as Archbishop of Zaragoza since 2020. He was previously Bishop of Teruel and Albarracín (2010–2016) and Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño (2016–2020).

Biography

Escribano was born in Carballo in Galicia due to his father's mining job, and was raised from the age of seven months in Monzón in Aragon.[1] He studied business at the University of Zaragoza,[2] and went on to work for local businesses.[3]

Escribano went to seminary in Lleida, as Monzón was part of the Catalan city's dicocese until 1995.[3] He graduated with a degree in moral theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1996, being ordained a priest on 14 July that year.[4]

On 20 July 2010, Escribano was named Bishop of Teruel and Albarracín by Pope Benedict XVI.[5] He was ordained a bishop on 26 September at Teruel Cathedral by cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela.[6]

After Juan José Omella moved to become Archbishop of Barcelona, Escribano was named Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño on 13 May 2016.[7] He took office at Calahorra Cathedral on 25 June.[3]

On 6 October 2020, Escribano was named Archbishop of Zaragoza as Vicente Jiménez Zamora retired age 75.[8] He took office on 21 November at the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, in a ceremony reduced by COVID-19 pandemic protocols.[9] On 29 June 2021, he was one of 36 new archbishops to be given their pallium by Pope Francis at St. Peter's Basilica.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Carlos Escribano, nacido en Carballo, es el nuevo arzobispo de Zaragoza" [Carlos Escribano, born in Carballo, is the new archbishop of Zaragoza]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Carlos Manuel Escribano, obispo de Calahorra, se perfila como relevo del arzobispo de Zaragoza" [Carlos Manuel Escribano, bishop of Calahorra, puts himself forward as a replacement for the archbishop of Zaragoza]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 6 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Monseñor Carlos Escribano toma posesión como obispo de Calahorra-La Calzada-Logroño" [Monsignor Carlos Escribano takes office as bishop of Calahorra-La Calzada-Logroño]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). 25 June 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  4. ^ "El Papa nombra a Carlos Escribano arzobispo de Zaragoza" [Pope names Carlos Escribano archbishop of Zaragoza]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). 6 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  5. ^ "El Papa nombra a Carlos Escribano Subías obispo de Teruel Albarracín" [Pope names Carlos Escribano Subías bishop of Teruel Albarracín]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 20 July 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  6. ^ Rial, S. G. (28 September 2010). "Carballo ya tiene obispo" [Carballo now has a bishop]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Carlos Escribano, nuevo obispo de la Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño". La Rioja (in Spanish). Europa Press. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Carlos Escribano será el nuevo arzobispo de Zaragoza" [Carlos Escribano will be the new archbishop] (in Spanish). Onda Cero. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Carlos Escribano recuerda a las víctimas del Covid en su toma de posesión como arzobispo de Zaragoza" [Carlos Escribano remembers the victims of COVID in his taking of office as archbishop of Zaragoza]. ABC (in Spanish). 21 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  10. ^ "El arzobispo de Sevilla recibe el palio arzobispal en el Vaticano este martes durante una misa del papa Francisco" [Archbishop of Seville receives archbishop's pallium in the Vatican this Tuesday during a Mass by Pope Francis]. La Nación (Argentina) (in Spanish). Europa Press. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2025.