Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat (Co-Prince of Andorra / Bishop of Urgell)

Assumed office: 31 May 2025

On 31 May 2025, upon the accepted resignation of Bishop Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat became Bishop of Urgell and thus co-Prince of Andorra, one of the two heads of state (the other being the President of France). As co-Prince, his role is both religious and ceremonial, embedded in Andorra’s unique diarchic system.

Serrano Pentinat is a member of the clergy and bishop by vocation. Personal life details are minimal given his ecclesiastical role, and as a bishop he is celibate and has no children. His public profile emphasizes pastoral care, internal church administration, and maintaining the symbolic continuity of Andorra’s historic co-principality.

The co-princes of Andorra are jointly the heads of state (Catalan: cap d’estat) of the Principality of Andorra, a landlocked microstate lying in the Pyrenees between France and Spain.

Founded in 1278 by a treaty between the bishop of Urgell and the count of Foix, this unique diarchical arrangement has persisted through the Middle Ages to the present. Following the transfer of the count of Foix’s claims to the Crown of France and, subsequently, to the head of state of the French Republic, the current arrangement has the bishop of Urgell (Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat) serving as the episcopal co-prince and the president of France (Emmanuel Macron) as the lay co-prince. Each co-prince appoints a personal representative. The episcopal co-prince is currently represented by Eduard Ibáñez and the lay co-prince by Patrice Faure.

Mnsg. Joan Enric Vives, Bishop of Urgell, Andorra

Monseigneur Joan Enric Vives Bishop of Urgell and President of France are leaders of Andorra