Enrique Benavent Vidal
Enrique Benavent Vidal (born 25 April 1959) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been named Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia. He was Bishop of Tortosa from 2013 to 2022 after serving as Auxiliary Bishop in Valencia from 2005 to 2013. Biography Enrique Benavent Vidal was born on 25 April 1959 in Quatretonda. He attended the seminary of Valencia in Moncada and the San Vicente Ferrer Faculty of Theology. In 1993 he obtained a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained a priest by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Valencia on 8 November 1982. He was assistant parish priest and professor of religion in Alcoy (1982-1985); formator in the major seminary of Valencia in Moncada and Professor of Theology for the formation of deacons (1985-1990); episcopal delegate for the pastoral care of vocations (1993-1997); professor of dogmatic theology at the San Vicente Ferrer Faculty of Theology (1993-2004) and at the Valencia Section of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family (1994-2004); director of the San Juan de Ribera Major College in Burjassot (1999-2004); assistant dean and director of the Diocesan Section of the San Vicente Ferrer