NarcÃs Jubany Arnau
Narciso Cardinal Jubany Arnau, in Catalan Narcis Jubany i Arnau, ( born August 12, 1913 in Santa Coloma de Farner, Spain, † December 26, 1996 in Barcelona) was Archbishop of Barcelona.
Life
Narciso Jubany Arnau received his philosophical and theological training in Barcelona, Comillas, in Rome, he was a seminarian at the Pontifical Spanish College of St. Joseph. He received his doctorate in both Catholic theology and in canon law, and received on 30 July 1939, the sacrament of Holy Orders. He then worked as a pastor, teacher and in the administration of the Archbishopric of Barcelona. Pope Pius XII. appointed him on 24 November 1955 Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona. He received his episcopal consecration on January 22, 1956, the Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti.
Narciso Jubany Arnau participated in the years 1962-1965 at the Second Vatican Council. Pope Paul VI. appointed him in 1964 to the Bishop of Girona and 1971 as Archbishop of Barcelona. As part of the solemn consistory of 5 March 1973, he took Narciso Jubany Arnau as cardinal priest with the titular church of San Lorenzo in Damaso in the College of Cardinals to.
Narciso Cardinal Jubany Arnau was a member of the Cardinal Council for the study of organizational and economic issues of the Holy See. The management of the Archdiocese of Barcelona he laid in 1990 for reasons of age. Narciso Cardinal Jubany Arnau died on 26 December 1996 at Barcelona and was buried in the local cathedral.