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Ramon Riu i Cabanes

Ramon Riu i Cabanes

Bishop of Urgell, ex-officio Co-Prince of Andorra

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Riu and the second or maternal family name is Cabanes; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

Ramon Riu i Cabanes (17 June 1852 – 27 December 1901) was Bishop of Urgell and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra in 1901. Born in 1852 in Solsona he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Solsona and Titular Bishop of Tamasus in 1895. In April 1901 he succeeded Salvador Casañas y Pagés as Bishop of Urgell and ecclesiastical Co-Prince of Andorra, he died however just few months after taking office.

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